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5 Baht / 5 Ticals Banque de l'Indo-Chine
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green on cream paper and presents an allegorical vignette to the left, in which a standing female figure crowned with laurel and holding a caduceus is accompanied by a seated male figure draped in robes, rendered in a classical intaglio style. The numeral "5" appears in large format at the upper left, flanked by ornate guilloche borders incorporating Asian decorative motifs including dragon-like creatures. The text area to the right carries the bank name, issuing decrees, place and date of issue, the bilingual denomination in English and French, and spaces for two manuscript signatures above the titles "Un Administrateur" and "Le Directeur". |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE 5 Décrets du 21 Janvier 1875 et du 20 Février 1888 BANGKOK, le 22 Décembre 1898. FIVE TICALS TO BE PAID ON DEMAND TO BEARER CINQ TICAUX PAYABLE EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR Un Administrateur : Le Directeur : DANIEL DUPUIS ET GEORGES DUVAL FEC LEVEILLE SC |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on cream paper and is oriented in a landscape format, with large Chinese characters 行銀國法 (Banque de l'Indo-Chine) dominating the upper centre, beneath which the Thai transliteration บางก์ เดอ ลินโดชิน์ appears. Vertical panels on both left and right margins carry the denomination in Chinese (暹銀伍銖) and Thai script, while the central field contains a promise-to-pay clause in Thai and, in the lateral borders, the French penal code warning against counterfeiting. Corner numerals in Thai (๕) and Chinese (五) mark all four angles within a guilloche frame incorporating stylised dragon motifs. |
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