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5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Currency | Franc (1919-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue, the obverse bears a central vignette of a seated female figure wearing a wreath and holding a small statuette of Athena. Two signature varieties exist for this issue. The design is framed by typeset inscriptions in French, including the issuing authority, legal counterfeiting warning, denomination, and place of issue. |
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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 BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI 5 Fr. PAPEETE CINQ FRANCS (Translation: Bank of Indochina Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced labor for life killed those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law Papeete Five Francs) |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark blue with a light-green underprint, the reverse carries a vignette of one of the four face-towers of the Bayon Temple at Angkor, Cambodia, representing the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The denomination and place of issue appear in typeset French lettering flanking the central vignette. |
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