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1000 Piastres

Issuer Banque de l'Indochine
Year 1951
Type Pattern or trial banknote
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Obverse lettering BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE MILLE PIASTRES P. JOUVE FEC. J. PIEL - G. BELTRAND SC.
Reverse description A large sculptural face of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, rendered in the style of the Bayon temple reliefs, dominates the left side of the note, set against a twilight landscape with a rising moon and sweeping tree branches. An ornate Khmer-style arch occupies the centre, with denomination equivalents in Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer, and Lao scripts arranged vertically at right. The anti-counterfeiting legal warning appears in a text block at lower right, with artists' credits in the lower margins.
Reverse lettering GIẤY MỘT NGÀN ĐỒNG 壹仟元 ១០០០ រៀល ໑໐໐໐ ຫຼຽນ L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI P. JOUVE FEC. J. PIEL - G. BELTRAND SC.
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