100 Piastres

Issuer	Banque de l'Indo-Chine
Year	1911-1919
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Designer(s)	Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines
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Obverse description	At right, an intaglio vignette presents a standing allegorical female figure accompanied by a seated Asian man, rendered in a fine Art Nouveau style typical of Bellery-Desfontaines. To the left, a large dragon coils upward within the guilloche border work, while the large numeral '100' occupies the central field above the denomination 'CENT PIASTRES' in bold letterpress. The upper portion carries the bank title 'BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE' with decree dates, and the lower portion provides spaces for three manuscript signatures above their respective titles.
Obverse lettering	BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE DÉCRETS DES 21 JANVIER 1875, 20 FÉVRIER 1888, 16 MAI 1900 & 3 AVRIL 1901 SAIGON CENT PIASTRES PAYABLES EN ESPECES A VUE AU PORTEUR LE CAISSIER DE LA SUCCURSALE L'ADMINISTRATEUR-DIRECTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR h. Bellery-Desfontaines del. L. Ruffe SC.
Reverse description	The reverse is printed in a dark violet-grey intaglio on plain paper, dominated by a large horizontal dragon vignette at the upper centre set against a scale-pattern guilloche background. Three horizontal bands of Chinese characters in formal kaishu script occupy the upper registers, while the lower section contains two vertical cartouches with additional Chinese text flanking a central decorative lozenge motif. A small French-language legal text panel appears at the lower centre, and designer and engraver credits are printed in the bottom margins.
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