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100 Piastres Cambodia issue
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Size | 170 × 105 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of three women in traditional dress, representing the three Associated States of Cambodia, Laos, and Viet-Nam, set against a lush tropical foliate background; denomination numerals "100" appear at upper left and upper right. The issuing authority's full title runs in letterpress across the upper margin, with two manuscript signatures at right above a lower panel bearing the value in words "CENT PIASTRES" and a counterfeiting warning legend. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Institut d'Émission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam was itself a transitional fiction — created in 1952 as France attempted to maintain monetary control over the Associated States while nominally granting them independence. This note appeared in the same year the Geneva Accords ended French military involvement in Indochina, making it one of the final emissions of an institution already marked for dissolution. Cambodia's own National Bank opened in 1954, and the Institut was wound down shortly after.
The Banque de France printing plant in Paris handled production throughout the series. Cambodia-specific issues were distinguished by overprint and color variants rather than wholly redesigned plates.