1 Piastre - Banque de l'Indochine (1949) 05, Georges Hourriez, 1949

Face: vietnamese woman; denomination; text: banque de l'indochine = bank of indochina; l'art. 139 du code pénal punit des travaux forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billets de banques autorisées par la loi = art. 139 of penal code punishes with the forced labour those who counterfeits or falsifies the bills of the banks authorized by the law; une piastre = one piastre; le président = president [signature: emile minost]; le directeur général adjoint = deputy general director [signature: jean laurent]; séb. Laurent fec. [designer: sébastien laurent]; hourriez sc. [engraver: georges hourriez]; back: vietnamese boy carrying coconuts; denomination; text: 東方滙理銀行 = bank of indochina; giấy một đồng vàng = banknote one piastre gold; 壹元 = ១ រៀល = ໑ ຫຼຽญ (on p-54c) = ໑ ຫຼຽນ (on p-54d/p-54e) = 1 piastre; séb. Laurent fec. [designer: sébastien laurent]; hourriez sc. [engraver: georges hourriez]; watermark: mercury head. P-54c 1 piastre 1946 back: old lao text: ໑ ຫຼຽญ p-54s 1 piastre 1946 specimen perforation specimen p-54d 1 piastre 1949 back: new lao text: ໑ ຫຼຽນ p-54e 1 piastre 1949 back: no dot under môt. Date: 1949.