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10 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1947-1951 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse description | Printed in rose, the reverse centres on a vignette of a rice farmer carrying bundles of harvested grain, set against a rural landscape with mountains in the background. The bank title BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE runs across the top, with the Vietnamese inscription GIAY MUOI DONG below it, flanked by the denomination rendered in Khmer and Chinese characters at left and right respectively. The value $10 appears in a decorative panel at lower right, with a blank circular watermark area at left. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE GIAY MUOI DONG $10 |
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Banque de l'Indochine issued this note during the final, turbulent years of French colonial administration in Indochina — a period bookended by the First Indochina War, which began in December 1946. The choice of Thomas De La Rue in London rather than the Banque de France's own printing facilities reflects the disruption to French industrial capacity that persisted well after the Liberation; De La Rue handled several colonial currency contracts for France during this window.
The Pick 80 series spans four years of issue dates, suggesting sustained demand from a circulation zone that was simultaneously a war zone. Notes from the later end of the date range would have moved through territories increasingly contested by Việt Minh forces.