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100 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1925-1939 |
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| Size | 190 x 115 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette consists of an ornate bronze incense burner on the left, flanked by two decorative columns topped with flame finials, set against an intricate guilloche background with floral and dragon motifs in orange and gold tones. The bank title BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE and denomination CENT PIASTRES appear in bold letterpress at the top and centre, with the clause PAYABLES EN ESPECES AU PORTEUR below. A large blank circular medallion occupies the right portion, with corner panel numerals and signature lines for an administrator and director at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Centre of the note carries an intaglio vignette of a sculpted bust of Joseph-François Dupleix, Marquis and former Governor-General of French India, rendered in brown tones against a radiating sunburst background. A circular cameo portrait medallion of a classical female head appears to the right, while multilingual denomination inscriptions surround the central bust in Vietnamese, Chinese characters, Khmer script, and the bank name in Chinese. The word DUPLEIX is inscribed on a plinth below the bust, and the note value 100 appears at top centre within a decorative frame. |
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| Signature(s) | Monplanet & De la Chaume Simon & De la Chaume De la Chaume & Baudouin Borduge & Baudouin |
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