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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Currency | CFP Franc (1945-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, this note is an overprint on the French Indochina 100 Piastres (P#78), adapted for circulation in French Oceania. The central vignette presents Angkor temple statues at left, rendered in intaglio. Overprint inscriptions in black read PAPEETE and EMISSION 1954, with the denomination MILLE FRANCS and TAHITI, alongside the penalty clause from Article 139 of the Penal Code. |
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| Reverse lettering | PAPEETE FRANCS MILLE TAHITI ĐỒNG VÀNG (Translation: Papeete Thousand Francs Tahiti Gold Piastre) |
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By 1954, Banque de l'Indochine's days as a viable currency authority across French Indochina were effectively over. The Geneva Accords signed that July partitioned Vietnam, and within a year the piastre would be replaced by separate national currencies in each successor state. This 1000 Franc note was printed against a political clock that had nearly run out.
American Bank Note Company had handled high-denomination Indochina issues going back decades, and the relationship outlasted French political control of the region. ABNC's New York facility produced this note even as the issuing bank's operational territory was collapsing around it.