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| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with Vasco da Gama standing at left and a Polynesian man holding a paddle at right, with sailing ships at bottom centre. The composition is executed in an elaborate intaglio style with ornate guilloche borders framing the central imagery. Bilingual legends appear in both French and English across the face, with issuer and statutory decree inscriptions surrounding the principal design. |
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| Obverse lettering | DECRETS DE 21 JANVIER 1875 ET DU 20 FÉVRIER 1888 BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE SAIGON EMISSION AUTORISÉE LE 2 AOÛT 1891 HUNDRED DOLLARS CENT PIASTRES TO BE PAID ON DEMAND TO BEARER PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR A. BRAMTOT & G. DUVAL FEC. J. ROBERT SC. |
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| Reverse lettering | 銀壹百元 見字交銀 壹百元 奉本國特諭 東方匯理銀行 |
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