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50 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Vignette at right of a Vietnamese woman in conical hat seated among large wicker baskets, rendered in intaglio. At centre, the denomination CINQUANTE PIASTRES appears in bold letterpress, with a circular guilloche underprint bearing the numeral 50 at left. The note is printed in green tones throughout, with the issuer name BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE at top and a red serial number above the central text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI CINQUANTE PIASTRES |
| Reverse description | A continuous frieze of celestial Apsara dancers in procession, derived from the bas-reliefs of Angkor Wat, occupies the full central field of the note in intaglio green. Multilingual inscriptions appear in the surrounding border, with Chinese characters at left reading the bank name and denomination, Vietnamese text GIAY NAM CHUC DONG VANG at top, and Khmer script at lower right. Corner ornaments with geometric motifs frame the composition. |
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