Viet Indochina 100 Piastres 1893-1907 Saigon reproduction Matte or Glossy paper

Face: Vasco da Gama, polynesian man with paddle; ships; date; denomination; Text: BANK OF INDO-CHINA = Bank of Indochina;
Cent Piastres = Hundred piastres;
Payable to bearer in cash;

A. BRAMTOT & G. DUVAL FEC. [designers: A. Bramtot and Georges Duval]; J. ROBERT SC.

[engrave: J. Robert]; Back: denomination;

Text:

= 100 piastres;
(*) = 100 piastres; (*)-error!

= By this country special decree; = Bank of Indochina;

= Silver 100 piastres paid in cash upon presenting the note;

= Khmer; = Six Provinces (Cochinchina);
Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour for life those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law, as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes, those who have brought them into French territory will be punished with the same penalty.
= Article 139 of Penal Code punishes with the life-term forced labour those who counterfeit or falsify the bills of the banks authorized by the Law, as well as those who use these counterfeit or forged notes, those who introduce them in French territory will be punished with the same penalty; BANK OF INDO-CHINA = Bank of Indochina;
CENT PIASTRES = Hundred piastres;

Watermark: Mercury head