The Banknotes of French Indochina

Banknote production status: EXTINCT

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Banque de l'Indo-chine (1875-1954)

P39	100 Piastres 3 Avril 1919
Signature 5. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P48a	1 Piastre (1921-1926)
Signature 6. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P48b	1 Piastre (1927-1931)
Signature 7. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P50	20 Piastres (1928-1931)
Signature 7. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P51d	100 Piastres (1936-1939)
Signature 9. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P54b	1 Piastre (1936)
Signature 9. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P54c	1 Piastre (1946)
Signature 11. Lao text type I. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P54d	1 Piastre (1949)
Signature 11. Lao text type II, but with dot under Mot on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P55c	5 Piastres (1946)
Signature 11. Lao text type I. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P60	1 Piastre (1942-1945)
Dark brown on purple. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P66	100 Piastres (1942-1945)
Purple and orange frame. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P69	500 Piastres (1945)
Greenish-black on light green-grey and blue. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P70	20 Piastres (1942-1945)
Green on yellow. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P74a	1 Piastre (1949)
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P76a	1 Piastre (1945)
Red letter B. Signature 10. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P78a	100 Piastres (1945)
Signature 10. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P81a	20 Piastres (1949)
Signature 11. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P82b	100 Piastres (1949-1954)
Signature 11. Lao text type II on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

Gouvernement Général de l'Indochine (1939-1942)

P85a	10 Cents (1939)
Signature 12. Without Lao text on back. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P85c	10 Cents (1939)
Signature 13. Signature title Le Trésorier Général at lower left is on one line. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P85d	10 Cents (1939)
Signature 14. Serial number format ######LL. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P85e	10 Cents (1939)
Signature 14. Serial number prefix is two letters. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P86c	20 Cents (1939)
Signature 13. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P86d	20 Cents (1939)
Signature 14. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P88a	5 Cents (1942)
Signature titles in black. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P89a	10 Cents (1942)
Serial number prefix is two letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P90	20 Cents (1942)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P91a	50 Cents (1942)
Serial number prefix is two letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-nam (1953-1954)

P92	1 Piastre (1953)
Signature 15. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P94	1 Piastre (1954)
Signature 18. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P95	5 Piastres / 5 Riels (1953)
Signature 18. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P97	100 Piastres / 100 Riels (1954)
Signature 18. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P98	200 Piastres / 200 Riels (1953)
Signature 17. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P102	10 Piastres (1953)
Signature 19. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P103	100 Piastres / 100 Kip (1954)
Laos back. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P104	1 Piastre / 1 Dong (1953)
Signature 16. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P105	1 Piastre / 1 Dong (1954)
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P106	5 Piastres / 5 Dong (1953)
Signature 21. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P108	100 Piastres / 100 Dong (1954)
Viet Nam back. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P109	200 Piastres / 200 Dong (1953)
Signature 21. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

Japanese Imperial Government (1938-1942)

PM7	10 Yen (1942)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

French Indochina signature chart:

Sign. #	Signature
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3
5
5b
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
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21

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