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50 Roupies Rupees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1875-1898 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Obverse description | Blue-gray and red-brown intaglio print with elephant columns at left and right borders serving as vertical vignettes. Two reclining allegorical female figures occupy the lower border, one accompanied by an ox at left and the other by a tiger at right. A decree inscription runs within a ribbon cartouche at the top center border. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE CINQUANTE ROUPIES FIFTY RUPEES A. BRAMTOT ET G DUVAL FEC. CH - WULLSCHLEGER SC. |
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Banque de l'Indochine received its founding concession in 1875, and this 50 Roupies/Rupees note belongs to the bank's earliest operational series — issued for the French colonial territories spanning both Indochina and the French Indian enclaves of Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahé, and Chandernagor, hence the bilingual denomination. The dual-currency designation was a practical necessity, not a decorative choice: the bank held note-issuing authority across jurisdictions using different monetary conventions simultaneously.
Bramtot and Duval were established figures in French decorative and commercial engraving; Wullschleger executed the intaglio work. The plate was produced in France, almost certainly through the Banque de France's printing infrastructure, which handled colonial issue production during this period.