1 Piastre

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Legenda del dritto	BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE L'ART. 130 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI. L'INSPECTEUR GÉNÉRAL LE DIRECTEUR DE LA SUCCURSALE DE SAIGON UNE PIASTRE G. BARRIERE FEC.
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Legenda del rovescio	GIẤY MỘT ĐỒNG VÀNG G. BARRIERE FEC. ១ស្លឹង ១ រៀល 壹元東方匯理銀行
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Commenti	The Banque de l'Indochine's late-issue 1 Piastre series appeared at precisely the moment the piastre's value had become politically explosive. In 1946, the French government had fixed the official exchange rate at 17 piastres to the franc — a wildly artificial rate that made the piastre worth far more on paper than in practice, and which fueled a massive currency trafficking racket involving military procurement vouchers, black market operators, and, notoriously, figures connected to the French Expeditionary Corps itself. The rate was finally abolished in 1953, after this note was already in circulation. Printed by the Banque de France under Barrière's design direction, the note was produced in Paris for a monetary zone that was actively disintegrating around it.