Katalog
| Emittent | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Jahr | 1937-1946 |
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| Währung | Rupee |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | 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. |
| Rückseitenlegende | புதுவை ௫ ஐந்து ரூபாய்கள் இந்து சீனத்து பாங்க் SÉB. LAURENT E. DELOCHE SC |
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| Anmerkungen |
Banque de l'Indochine issued rupee-denominated notes for its Pondicherry operations — the French colonial enclaves on the southeastern Indian coast where the rupee, not the piastre, was the functional currency. This series bridged a particularly turbulent administrative period: French India passed from Vichy authority to Free French control during World War II, and notes from across the full 1937–1946 date range circulated under very different political conditions without any visible change to the design.
Ernest Deloche's engraving work for the Banque de France was consistently fine-line, and this note reflects that. Laurent designed several colonial issues of the period for the same printer.