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100 Francs Blue text
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1928-1938 |
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| Size | 206 × 118 mm |
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| Obverse description | Brown and green intaglio print over yellow underprint, with black serial numbers. At centre, a front-facing allegorical female figure wearing a laurel wreath holds a small statuette of Athena in her right hand, with a tree rendered in the background. Guilloche patterning frames the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE CENT FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI LE PRESIDÉNT LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DJIBOUTI 100 Fr. SÉB. LAURENT DEL RITA SC (Translation: Bank of Indochina. One hundred francs payable in cash to bearer. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law. The president. The general director.) |
| Reverse description | Brown and green intaglio print over yellow underprint. The central vignette presents the four faces of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as carved at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, flanked at left and right by gates with stylized flame motifs at their tops. Legends appear in French, Arabic, and Amharic script rendered in blue. |
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