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100 Piastres Vietnam issue
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Size | 170 x 95 mm |
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| Obverse description | At left, a group of three women in traditional dress represents the three associated states of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, set against a lush tropical foliage background executed in multicolour intaglio. The denomination '100' is printed in large numerals at upper left and right, with the issuing authority inscription across the top and 'CENT PIASTRES' in bold letterpress at lower centre. Two signature panels for 'LE DIRECTEUR' and 'UN ADMINISTRATEUR' appear at upper right, above a vignette of a coastal landscape. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of a multi-tiered Vietnamese temple or mausoleum structure occupies the centre-left, while the denomination is expressed in three scripts across the lower portion: romanised Vietnamese 'MOT TRAM DONG', Khmer, and Lao. Decorative floral and geometric guilloche borders frame all four sides in soft ochre and blue tones against a fine guilloche underprint. |
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The Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam was a short-lived transitional institution, created in 1952 as France began unwinding the Indochinese Union. It replaced the Banque de l'Indochine as the note-issuing authority for the three Associated States — a political concession that gave the appearance of monetary autonomy without fully surrendering French control over currency issuance.
This note's 1954 date places it at the worst possible moment: Dien Bien Phu fell in May of that year, and the Geneva Accords partitioned Vietnam in July. The Institut itself was dissolved shortly after, with separate national banks established for each successor state. Notes from this series had an extremely short window of legitimate circulation in southern Vietnam before the State of Vietnam's own currency apparatus took over.