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20 Piastres Green
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Designer(s) | Trần Tấn Lộc |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI VINGT PIASTRES TRAN-TANLOC DEL & SC. IDEO. HANOI L'INSPECTEUR GÉNÉRAL LE DIRECTEUR LA SUCCURSALE DE SAÏGON LE CAISSIER DE LA SUCCURSALE |
| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette of a seated Buddha figure is set within an elaborate guilloche border, surmounted by a frieze of smaller seated Buddha figures running along the upper margin. The denomination appears in Chinese characters at left and in Khmer script at right, while the Vietnamese inscription 'GIẤY HAI CHỤC ĐỒNG VÀNG' occupies a banner along the lower margin; the entire design is rendered in green tones over intricate geometric underprint patterns. |
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Banque de l'Indochine lost access to its usual French and international printers after the fall of France in 1940, forcing local production at the Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient in Hanoi. The result was a wartime printing operation working under Japanese occupation — technically Vichy-administered, practically constrained at every level. Trần Tấn Lộc's involvement as both designer and engraver is notable: a Vietnamese craftsman producing the colony's official currency is not the usual arrangement for this period.
Paper quality and ink consistency across the P#70 series varies considerably, a direct consequence of wartime supply disruptions.