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5 Piastres

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Issuer French Indochina
Issuing bank Bank of Indochina
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1932
Value 5 Piastres (5 ICFP)
Currency Piastre (1880-1952)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
292298
References P# 53
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Woman with helmet and lance at left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CINQ PIASTRES
L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL
PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES
CEUZ QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT
OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE
BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI
SEB. LAURENT FEC. E. DELOCHE SC.

Engraver: Sébastien Laurent

Designer: Ernest Deloche

Reverse

Woman at left, four faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara at right

Lettering:
GIÃY NAM DONG VÀNG
SEB. LAURENT FEC. E. DELOCHE SC.

Engraver: Sébastien Laurent

Designer: Ernest Deloche

Printer

Banque de France, Paris, France

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1932)  P#53a 100%
ND (1932)  P#53x Contemporary counterfeit on genuine watermarked paper 0%

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