500 Piastres Blue

Issuer	Banque de l'Indochine
Year	1944-1945
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Value	500 Piastres (500 ICFP)
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Obverse description	Central vignette shows a line of Vietnamese labourers in conical hats hauling ropes on an irrigation or construction site, with a traditional pavilion and bare tree to the left. The large red numeral 500 appears to the right of centre against a pale guilloche underprint, with the bank title BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE in bold letterpress across the top and CINQ CENTS PIASTRES along the lower margin. Three facsimile signature panels for the Inspecteur Général, the Directeur de la Succursale de Saïgon, and the Caissier are printed to the left of the vignette, with the designer and printer credits at the lower corners.
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Reverse description	A large sinuous dragon rendered in polychrome intaglio occupies the full centre of the note, set against an ornate guilloche background. The denomination 500 appears in red at upper left and upper right, with Chinese characters for 伍佰元 (five hundred dollars) at left and the denomination repeated in Khmer and Lao scripts in side panels. The Chinese bank title 東方匯理銀行 is printed across the top, and the Vietnamese text GIẤY NĂM TRĂM ĐỒNG VÀNG runs along the lower margin, all within a blue geometric border.
Reverse lettering	東方匯理銀行伍佰元 500 GIẤY NĂM TRĂM ĐỒNG VÀNG PHAM-NGOC-KHUE I.D.E.O. HANOI
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