Coins and Banknotes of Vietnam
and French Indochina

French Indochina 20 Cents 1942

Face:

denomination;
Text:
GOUVERNEMENT GÉNÉRAL DE L'INDOCHINE = General Government of Indochina;
VINGT CENTS = Twenty cents;
LE TRÉSORIER GÉNÉRAL = Chief Treasurer
[signature: Louis Mayet];
LE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES = Director of Finance
[signature: Jean Cousin];
PHẠM-NGỌC-KHUË [designer: Phạm Ngọc Khuê]; IDEO-HANOI [printer];

Back:

denomination;
Text:
HAI HÀO = ២០ សេន = ໒໐ ອັດ = 弍毛 = 20 cents;
L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS ÉMIS PAR LE TRÉSOR PUBLIC
= Art. 139 of Penal Code punishes with the life-term forced labour those who counterfeit or falsify the bills issued by the Public Treasury;

No watermark

P-90 20 Cents 1942

French Indochina banknote 20 Cents 1942, faceFrench Indochina banknote 20 Cents 1942, back

P-90 20 Cents 1942

Smudged ink on the back looks like printing defect, however, I was handling a bunch of these notes being smudged exactly the same.
French Indochina banknote 20 Cents 1942, faceFrench Indochina banknote 20 Cents 1942, back