100 Piastres

Issuer	Banque de l'Indochine
Year	1903-1907
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	The obverse bears a central vignette with Vasco da Gama at left, sailing ships at lower centre, and a Polynesian man with paddle beside a dragon at right. The design is executed in an elaborate intaglio style characteristic of early twentieth-century French colonial banknote production. Issuing authority and denomination inscriptions appear in both French and Chinese characters, with the artists' credits reading A. BRAMTOT & G. DUVAL FEC. and J. ROBERT SC. in the lower margin.
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Reverse description	The reverse is printed entirely in Chinese characters on a light grey guilloche underprint, arranged in vertical columns within decorative cartouches. The central field contains a large circular void framed by intricate scrollwork, with denomination and bank name inscriptions distributed across the surrounding panels. The text identifies the Banque de l'Indochine (東方滙理銀行) and specifies the note's value of one hundred piastres, with additional imperial decree references rendered in classical Chinese script.
Reverse lettering	銀壹百元見字交銀奉本國特諭東方滙理銀行壹元百高綿六省百壹元
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