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5 Piastres Brown
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Reference(s) | P#63 |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of a large numeral '5' set within an ornate guilloche wreath of olive branches, flanked by Cambodian script at left and Chinese characters at right reading '伍元'; the bank title 'BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE' runs along the top border, with 'CINQ PIASTRES' in an oval cartouche at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear below the vignette, attributed to the Inspecteur Général at left and the Directeur de la Succursale de Saigon at right, above the statutory counterfeit warning in a lower panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE CINQ PIASTRES L'INSPECTEUR GÉNÉRAL LE DIRECTEUR DE LA SUCCURSALE DE SAIGON L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI PHAM-NGOC-KHUË IDEO. HANOI |
| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of a traditional Vietnamese pagoda set at the water's edge, surrounded by trees and open sky, rendered in fine line engraving in brown tones; the serial number and letter prefix appear above the central vignette. A band of Chinese characters '東方匯理銀行' runs along the lower border, with the numeral '5' repeated in the upper corners within guilloche roundels. |
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