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100 Piastres Violet frame
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE CENT PIASTRES G. BARRIÈRE DEL & SC. IDEO. HANOI L'DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL LE CAISSIER DE LA SUCCURSALE LE DIRECTEUR DE LA SUCCURSALE DE SAÏGON |
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| Reverse lettering | MOT TRAM DONG VANG 東方匯理銀行 壹佰元 L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI PHAM-NGOC KHUE IDEO. HANOI |
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Printed locally in Hanoi under Japanese occupation, this note was produced by the Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient because the normal supply chain from Metropolitan France had been severed. The Banque de l'Indochine continued issuing currency under Vichy authority until the Japanese coup of 9 March 1945 — the coup de force that dismantled French administrative control overnight — after which remaining stocks became operationally and politically awkward.
The reverse credit to Phạm Ngọc Khuê is notable: local Vietnamese engravers contributing to colonial banknote production was unusual enough to warrant attention, and his involvement reflects the practical necessity of relying on Hanoi-based talent once metropolitan resources were inaccessible.