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500 Francs Without Decree
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and red, the obverse carries a portrait vignette of Vasco da Gama at left, with sailing ships rendered at bottom center. At right, a Polynesian man holding a paddle stands aboard a stylized sea-dragon boat, complemented by the issuing authority's title and denomination inscription across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche underprint arranged in a symmetrical grid of decorative cartouches and interlaced scrollwork panels. A large central oval medallion is surrounded by four rectangular text panels bearing the anti-counterfeiting legal warning and denomination, all enclosed within an ornate guilloche border. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE L'article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux forcés à perpé- tuité ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les Billets de banques autorisées par la loi, ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces Billets contrefaits ou falsi- fiés, ceux qui les auront in- troduits sur le territoire fran- çais seront punis de la même peine CINQ CENTS FRANCS (Translation: Bank of Indo-China Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor for life those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law, as well as those who have made use of such counterfeit or falsified notes; those who have introduced them onto French territory shall be punished with the same sentence. Five Hundred Francs) |
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