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20 Piastres
| Uitgever | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Jaar | 1909-1917 |
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| Afmetingen | 170 x 107 mm |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE DÉCRETS DES 21 JANVIER 1875, 20 FÉVRIER 1888, 16 MAI 1900 & 3 AVRIL 1901 VINGT PIASTRES PAYABLES EN ESPECES AU PORTEUR SAIGON LÉON RUFFÉ SC. GEORGES DUVAL fecit |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Printed in blue-grey tones, the reverse is dominated by two sinuous dragons in mirror arrangement — one at upper centre and one at lower centre — framing a central panel of Chinese and French text set within a fine guilloche underprint. Three cartouches containing Chinese characters in clerical script are positioned at left and right, and the entire composition is enclosed within an intricate geometric border. The designer credit 'Geo. Duval fec.' appears at lower left. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banque de l'Indo-Chine occupied an unusual legal position — it was a private institution operating under a French government concession, which meant these notes carried quasi-official authority without being government paper in the strict sense. The concession system gave the bank a monopoly on note issue across French Indochina, and Paris-printed notes like this one were shipped out to branch offices in Saigon, Hanoi, Haiphong, Phnom Penh, and beyond.
Ruffé was among the more accomplished engravers working at the Banque de France atelier during this period. The plate quality on this series reflects that — detail retention even on heavily circulated examples tends to be markedly better than on comparable colonial issues from competing printers.