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1 Piastre Cambodia issue

Issuer Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam
Year 1953
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Portrait of King Norodom Sihanouk at centre, set within a circular guilloche medallion with an ornate floral border in orange and green. The denomination UNE PIASTRE appears in large letters to the left and right, flanked by symmetrical guilloche rosettes. The issuing authority inscription runs across the top, with signature titles LE PRÉSIDENT and LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL below the respective signature lines at lower left and right.
Obverse lettering INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DES ÉTATS DU CAMBODGE DU LAOS ET DU VIET-NAM UNE PIASTRE LE PRÉSIDENT LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL
Reverse description The reverse is printed entirely in Khmer script on a yellow and pink ground, with a central oval vignette surrounded by an elaborate floral and geometric border design in mauve and yellow. Decorative corner ornaments frame the composition, and the Vietnamese legend GIẤY MỘT ĐỒNG appears in roman script at the lower centre beneath the Khmer denomination inscription.
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