1 Piastre Vietnam Issue

Issuer	Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam
Year	1954
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Value	1 Piastre (1 ICFP)
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Obverse description	The obverse is printed in blue and green intaglio on a fine guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of a tropical forest landscape showing tall hardwood trees at left and right flanking a background of palm trees and dense jungle canopy rendered in green. The issuer's title in French runs across the top in bold letterpress, with the denomination UNE PIASTRE set in large type at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear below the denomination under the titles LE PRESIDENT and UN ADMINISTRATEUR, and an anti-counterfeiting legend is printed along the lower border.
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Reverse description	The reverse is printed in terracotta-red and blue-grey, centred on an intaglio vignette of a crouching chinthe (mythical lion-guardian) statue at left, set before a background of traditional Southeast Asian architecture and trees. At centre-right, a decorative Khmer-style oil lamp on a tall pedestal is rendered in blue-grey intaglio. The border is composed of ornate blue-grey geometric and foliate guilloche panels, with denomination numerals in the upper corners and Khmer and Lao script legends in the lower corners.
Reverse lettering	VIỆN PHÁT HÀNH MỘT ĐỒNG HÌNH LUẬT PHẠT KHỔ SAI NHỮNG KẺ NÀO LÀM GIẢ MAO GIẤY BẠC DO VIỆN PHÁT HÀNH VIỆT-NAM, CAO-MIÊN VÀ ÁI-LAO PHÁT RA មូយរៀល ໜຶ່ງກີບ (Translation: Issuing Institute, One Dong; The law punishes with hard labour any person who counterfeits banknotes issued by the issuing institute of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; One Riel; One Kip)
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