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1 Piastre
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Printer | Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, Hanoi, French Indochina |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of sampans with characteristic sail junks navigating a bay, set against a rocky coastal landscape, positioned at left centre on an ochre guilloche underprint. At right, a large ornate circular medallion bearing the denomination numeral '1' with a dollar sign, surrounded by intricate lathe-work. The note carries two manuscript signatures below the vignette, one for L'Inspecteur Général at lower left and one for Le Directeur de la Succursale de Saïgon at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a multi-armed deity figure in classical Khmer style, set within an elaborate ornamental frame, flanked by two circular panels: the left bearing Chinese characters for the denomination and issuing bank, the right bearing the value in Lao/Khmer script. The upper border carries the Vietnamese inscription 'GIAY MOT DONG VANG' on a dark band. A legal warning text in French appears across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Variants | P#58a - 7 digit serial # 2,4 mm in height P#58b - 7 digit serial # 2,0 mm in height P#58c - 6 digit serial # with prefix letter |
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