Coins and Banknotes of Vietnam
and French Indochina

French Union 5 Piastres 1953, Vietnam

Face:

banana tree and palm tree; denomination;
Text:
INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DES ÉTATS DU CAMBODGE DU LAOS ET DU VIET-NAM
= Issuing Authority for the States of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam;
CINQ PIASTRES = Five piastres;
UN ADMINISTRATEUR = Administrator
[signature: Nghiêm Văn Trí];
LE PRÉSIDENT = President
[signature: Gaston Cusin];
LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS EN VIGUEUR
= The counterfactor will be punished in accordance with the acting law;

Back:

Emperor Bảo Đại; denomination;
Text:
VIỆN PHÁT HÀNH = Issuing Authority;
NĂM ĐỒNG = ប្រាំរៀល = ຫ້າກີບ = Five piastres;
HÌNH LUẬT PHẠT KHỔ SAI NHŨNG KẺ NÀO LÀM GIẢ MẠO GIẤY BẠC DO VIỆN PHÁT HÀNH VIỆT-NAM, CAO-MIÊN VÀ AI-LAO PHÁT RA(*)
= Criminal law centences to penal labor those who counterfeit paper money issued by the Issuing Authority of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos;
(*) typo in the word NHŨNG, - should be NHỮNG;

Watermark:

tiger

P-106 5 Piastres 1953

French Indochina banknote 5 Piastres 1953 Vietnam, faceFrench Indochina banknote 5 Piastres 1953 Vietnam, back

P-106s 5 Piastres 1953 SPECIMEN

Face/Back:

overprint SPECIMEN
French Indochina banknote 5 Piastres 1953 Vietnam specimen, faceFrench Indochina banknote 5 Piastres 1953 Vietnam specimen, back

P-106(*) 5 Piastres 1953 color proof, purple

Face/Back:

overprint SPECIMEN
French Indochina banknote 5 Piastres 1953 Vietnam color proof, faceFrench Indochina banknote 5 Piastres 1953 Vietnam color proof, back