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100 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1903-1907 |
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| Engraver(s) | Charles-Jules Robert |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a central vignette with Vasco da Gama at left, sailing ships at lower centre, and a Polynesian man with paddle beside a dragon at right. The design is executed in an elaborate intaglio style characteristic of early twentieth-century French colonial banknote production. Issuing authority and denomination inscriptions appear in both French and Chinese characters, with the artists' credits reading A. BRAMTOT & G. DUVAL FEC. and J. ROBERT SC. in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | DÉCRETS DES 21 JANVIER 1875, 20 FÉVRIER 1888 ET 16 MAI 1900 BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE SAÏGON CENT PIASTRES CENT PIASTRES PAYABLE PAYABLE EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR A. BRAMTOT & G. DUVAL FEC. J. ROBERT SC. |
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| Reverse lettering | 銀壹百元見字交銀 奉本國特諭 東方滙理銀行 壹元百 高綿 六省 百壹元 |
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