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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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| Obverse description | Printed in violet, the obverse carries a central vignette of Angkor Wat temple complex at left, rendered in fine intaglio line work with palm trees and a reflecting pool in the foreground. The bank title BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE arches across the top in bold letterpress, with DIX PIASTRES in large guilloche-framed text below, and the numeral 10 repeated at each corner. Two signature panels for LE PRESIDENT and LE DIRECTEUR GENERAL ADJT. appear above a legal warning text in small print at the lower centre, with a blank circular watermark area at right. |
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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. |
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