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50 Roupies Rupees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1875-1898 |
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| Designer(s) | Designers: Alfred-Henri Bramtot, Georges Duval |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red-brown on cream paper, the reverse is divided into a grid of rectangular panels carrying multilingual inscriptions in Tamil, Urdu, and other scripts, surrounding a central guilloche medallion. The denomination and issuing authority are repeated in each language across the panels. A large diagonal 'ANNULE' overprint cancels the note, consistent with a cancelled specimen or withdrawn example. |
| Reverse lettering | கீழ்நாடுகளின்பாங்க் இராஜாங்கத்தின் விசேஷ நிருபத்தால் உத்தரவு ஆகப்பட்டது ஐம்பது ருபாய்கள் கொண்டுவருகிறவனுக்குடனேகொடுக்கப்படும் பிராஞ்சிய இந்து (position in note Vertical on left edge ) புதுவை (position in note Vertical on right edge) |
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Banque de l'Indochine received its founding concession in 1875, and this 50 Roupies/Rupees note belongs to the bank's earliest operational series — issued for the French colonial territories spanning both Indochina and the French Indian enclaves of Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahé, and Chandernagor, hence the bilingual denomination. The dual-currency designation was a practical necessity, not a decorative choice: the bank held note-issuing authority across jurisdictions using different monetary conventions simultaneously.
Bramtot and Duval were established figures in French decorative and commercial engraving; Wullschleger executed the intaglio work. The plate was produced in France, almost certainly through the Banque de France's printing infrastructure, which handled colonial issue production during this period.