1942 - Indochine Issued Bank Note - Saigon - Bank Note
French Indochina Issue - 1942 - WWII - Vichy French Giovernment, later under
Japanese control - extraordinary period in French / Indochine / World History
Serial Number - RX 247 475
Front (original French text):
GOUVERNEMENT GÉNÉRAL DE L’INDOCHINE - 20 CENTS
LE TRÉSORIER GÉNÉRAL - LE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES
VINGT CENTS - PHAM NGOC KHUE - IDEO – HANOI
English translation
General Government of Indochina - 20 Cents
The General Treasurer - The Director of Finance
Twenty Cents - Pham Ngoc Khue - IDEO – Hanoi
Back (original text):
HAI HAO - L’ART. 139 - DU CODE PÉNAL - PUNIT DES TRAVAUX - FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX - QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT - OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS - ÉMIS PAR LE - TRÉSOR PUBLIC
(Chinese characters): 貳毫
(Khmer script at top right): ២០ហាវ (20 hao)
English translation
Hai Hao (Twenty Hao / Twenty Cents)
Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with hard labour for life those who counterfeit or falsify banknotes issued by the Public Treasury.
The note is multilingual, reflecting French Indochina administration, with French, Vietnamese (“Hai Hao”), Chinese characters, and Khmer script used for circulation across Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos under the French colonial government.
For your kind Consideration.
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