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1 Piastre - Saigon
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1903-1921 |
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| Currency | Piastre (1880-1952) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in rose-red intaglio print presents an allegorical group: a seated Asian woman at left faces a standing classical female figure representing France, who holds a caduceus in her right hand. The bank title BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE is inscribed across the top panel, with the denomination UNE PIASTRE repeated twice in large letterpress type flanking the central text block of decree dates and emission authorization. The place name SAIGON appears in red at upper left, with serial number and series references at each corner, and the engravers' credits at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE SAIGON DÉCRETS DES 21 JANVIER 1875, 20 FÉVRIER 1888, 16 MAI 1900 & 3 AVRIL 1901 EMISSION AUTORISÉE LE 3 AOÛT 1891 UNE PIASTRE PAYABLE EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR : L'ADMT-DIRECTEUR : DANIEL DUPUIS ET GEORGES DUVAL FEC. A. LEVEILLE SC |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in rose-red on a cream ground and dominated by a large dragon vignette occupying the upper register, rendered in fine intaglio line work against a geometric guilloche background. The central field carries a substantial block of Chinese characters arranged in vertical columns, flanked on each side by the French-language counterfeit warning text set in letterpress. An ornate border of interlocking fretwork frames the entire composition, with the dollar sign $1 repeated at each corner. |
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