1000 Francs

This note was printed by the Banque de France but never reached Indochina in any meaningful quantity. In the immediate postwar period, the Banque de l'Indochine faced a chaotic monetary situation — Japanese military yen, piasters of dubious backing, and rival currencies issued under the brief independence declarations of 1945 had all fractured circulation. The 1946 series was largely overtaken by political events before distribution could be normalized, and many notes from this printing were administratively withdrawn rather than circulated.

Poughéon was a Prix de Rome laureate and established figure in French decorative arts; his involvement reflects how seriously the Banque de France treated colonial note design even at this late stage. Marliat and Armanelli were both house engravers at the Banque de France during the 1940s.