Catalog
1 Piastre
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1921-1931 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ernest Deloche |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown tones over a pale guilloche background, the reverse carries the bank name across the top and two large ornate oval cartouches flanking the centre. The central panel bears the Vietnamese legend 'GIAY BAC MOT DONG', with Chinese characters '銀壹元' to the left, while a decorative frame at right encloses the large dollar sign '$1'. |
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| Signature(s) | Monplanet & De la Chaume Simon & De la Chaume |
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine's 1 Piastre series relied on Banque de France's printing facilities — an arrangement that was practical rather than ceremonial, given that the colonial bank had no press infrastructure of its own. Walhain and Deloche collaborated on several Indo-Chinese issues during this period; Deloche in particular was a prolific engraver for Banque de France whose work appeared across multiple colonial currency systems simultaneously.
Two signature combinations span the issue's decade-long print run, reflecting successive changes in the bank's directorate rather than separate emission series. The Monplanet pairings tend to appear on earlier-dated examples.