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20 Francs Papeete
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Currency | Franc (1919-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Brown, lilac and red intaglio note with a classical allegorical female bust at right, rendered in fine line engraving by E. Deloche after Cl. Serveau, the figure wearing a laurel-wreathed headdress. The denomination VINGT FRANCS is printed in bold red letterpress at centre, above the branch office overprint PAPEETE, with an oval guilloche frame at left serving as the signature and watermark window. Two facsimile signatures of the President and Directeur Général appear across the lower centre, flanked by the numeral 20 in a circular underprint medallion. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour note in green, red and brown, centred on an ornate vignette of a peacock perched on rockwork amid flowering branches and foliage, engraved by Rita after Roque. Three butterflies are scattered across the composition — one at lower left, one at centre right, and one at upper right — against a geometric lattice guilloche underprint. The denomination 20 FR is printed in large red letterpress at upper right, with the place name PAPEETE in vertical red lettering at the left border, and a circular watermark void at right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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