Catalog
1 Piastre Vietnam Issue
| Issuer | Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 1 Piastre (1 ICFP) |
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| Obverse lettering | INSTITUT D'EMISSION DES ETATS DU CAMBODGE DU LAOS ET DU VIETNAM UNE PIASTRE LE PRESIDENT UN ADMINISTRATEUR LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Issuing Institute of the States of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, One Piastre, The President, An Administrator, The counterfeiter will be punished in accordance with the laws in force) |
| 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. |
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