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1 Dollar / 1 Piastre - Haïphong
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1892-1899 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE HAÏPHONG DÉCRETS DU 21 JANVIER 1875 ET DU 20 FÉVRIER 1888 EMISSION AUTORISÉE LE 3 AOUT 1891 ONE DOLLAR UNE PIASTRE TO BE PAID ON DEMAND TO BEARER PAYABLE EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR LE DIRECTEUR DANIEL DUPUIS ET GEORGES DUVAL FEC LÉVEILLÉ SC |
| Reverse description | 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. |
| Reverse lettering | $1 $1 BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE 東方滙理銀行 銀壹元正 奉本國特諭 L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS. $1 $1 DANIEL DUPUIS ET GEORGES DUVAL FEC. |
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