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1 Dollar / 1 Piastre - Haïphong
| Emittent | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Jahr | 1892-1899 |
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| Form | Rectangular |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Central intaglio vignette in blue depicts an allegorical group with France seated at right, holding a caduceus, accompanied by a seated Oriental woman at lower left, the composition rendered in a classical academic style. The bank title 'BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE' is engraved across the top in bold letterpress, with the branch designation 'HAIPHONG' at upper left and the bilingual denomination 'ONE DOLLAR / UNE PIASTRE' at centre right. Decree dates, emission authorization, and signature lines for 'Un Administrateur' and 'Le Directeur' appear in the right field, with elaborate guilloche borders framing the entire note. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is printed entirely in blue with a large central panel of Chinese characters arranged in a vertical columnar format, conveying the bank name and value in Chinese script. Twin dragon vignettes flank the central text at the lower centre, engraved in intaglio, while the denomination '$1' appears in each corner. Repetitive guilloche geometric borders and fretwork panels fill the margins, and the anti-counterfeiting Article 139 warning text in French appears in two columns flanking the central Chinese inscription. |
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The Haïphong payability designation on this note reflects the commercial geography of northern Vietnam in the 1890s — Haïphong was the principal port serving Hanoi and the Tonkin delta trade routes, and the Banque de l'Indochine maintained a separate branch there distinct from its Saigon operations. Notes were issued payable at specific branches rather than as a unified territorial currency, a French colonial banking convention inherited from metropolitan practice.
Dupuis was a medallist of considerable reputation, and Léveillé's engraving work was executed to the exacting standards the Banque de France demanded of its own note production. The piastre/dollar dual denomination acknowledges the note's intended role in trade with neighboring British and treaty-port commerce, where the Mexican dollar remained the dominant unit of account.