5 Piastres Laos Issue

Issuer	Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam
Year	1953
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Currency	Piastre (1880-1952)
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Obverse description	Central vignette of a tropical riverside landscape with banana plants to the left and palm fronds to the right, rendered in intaglio on a green guilloche underprint. The denomination CINQ PIASTRES appears in large letterpress type at centre, with the issuing authority INSTITUT D'EMISSION DES ETATS DU CAMBODGE DU LAOS ET DU VIETNAM inscribed along the top border. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre above the respective titles UN ADMINISTRATEUR and LE PRESIDENT, with serial number and prefix repeated at lower left and lower right.
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Reverse lettering	ຫ້າ ກາຣະມະຄັດ NAM DONG ຫ້າກີບ ຫ້ານີ້ ປ່ວນແທ້ ຖ້ານະ ຂໍ ລຶດ ຕໍ ຣັກ ບ ຫາດ ດານ ນ ຊ ໃຊ ດ ງາ
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Protection description	a floral or geometric pattern visible in the unprinted oval area on the reverse
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