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5 Roupies / Rupees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1937-1946 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Obverse description | At left, a helmeted female figure in classical allegorical style holds a lance in an upright vignette. Upper right bears a large denomination numeral "5" above a laurel wreath. The overall layout follows a letterpress and intaglio composition with the engravers' signatures "SÉB. LAURENT" and "E. DELOCHE SC" appearing in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | L`ARTICLE DU CODE CRIMINEL PEINE LES TRAVAUX FORCÉS QUI SERONT CONTREFAITS OU FAUX LES BILLETS AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOE. SÉB. LAURENT E. DELOCHE SC (Translation: THE ARTICLE OF THE CRIMINAL CODE PUNISHES FORCED LABOUR THOSE WHO SHALL COUNTERFEIT OR FALSIFY THE BANKNOTES AUTHORIZED BY THE LAW.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central vignette of a classical Apsara dancer in traditional headdress at left, flanked by the four faces of the Bayon temple tower representing the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara at centre, with a broader view of the Bayon temple at Angkor at right. Tamil script inscriptions appear along the lower margin alongside the engravers' signatures. |
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