Face:

Neptune; date; denomination;

Text:

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE = Bank of Indochina;
CINQ PIASTRES = Five piastres;
PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR = Payable to bearer in cash;

Back:

dragons; denomination;

Text:

伍元 = 5 piastres;
奉本國特諭 = By this country special decree;
東方滙理銀行 = Bank of Indochina;
銀伍元見字交銀 = Silver 5 piastres paid in cash upon presenting the note;
高綿 = Khmer; 六省 = Six Provinces (Cochinchina);
L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS; CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS SUR LE TERRITOIRE FRANCAIS SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE
= Art. 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;
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE = Bank of Indochina;
A. BRAMTOT ET G DUVAL FEC. [designers: A. Bramtot and Georges Duval]; CH. WULLSCHLEGER SC. [engraver: Ch. Wullschleger];

Watermark:

Mercury head