Face:

ships; 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;
GEORGES DUVAL fec. [designer: Georges Duval]; L. RUFFE sc [engraver: Léon Henri Ruffe];

Back:

dragons; denomination;

Text:

伍元 = 5 piastres;
銀伍元見字交銀 = Silver 5 piastres paid in cash upon presenting the note;
奉本國特諭 = By this country special decree;
東方滙理銀行 = Bank of Indochina;
東京 = Tonkin; 安南 = Annam;
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;
Geo. Duval. fec. [designer: Georges Duval];

Watermark:

Vietnamese male head