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5 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 148 x 88 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette at lower left shows a harbour scene with sailing vessels and steamships; floral sprays occupy the lower centre. The denomination CINQ PIASTRES is set in large bold letterpress across the upper half, flanked by elaborate dragon-head ornamental borders at left and right, with a guilloche rosette medallion to the far right. The date and place of issue appear in manuscript below the central text, with two signature lines below designated Un Administrateur and L'Administrateur-Directeur, and the engraver's credit GEORGES DUVAL fec. and L. RUFFE SC. at bottom. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large sinuous dragon coiling from left to centre in intaglio print, rendered in fine line engraving. Chinese characters are distributed across the central and right-hand fields, accompanied by a secondary dragon vignette at the right margin. A repeating microtext guilloche band reading BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE borders the upper portion, and a cautionary anti-counterfeiting legend in French occupies a panel at the lower centre, with the designer credit Geo. Duval. fec. at bottom left. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE Geo. Duval. fec. L'ART 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DE TRAVAUX FORCÉS LES CONTREFACTEURS DE BILLETS DE BANQUE; LES COMPLICES ET LES ÉMETTEURS DE FAUX BILLETS DANS LE TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE. |
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