Coins and Banknotes of Vietnam
and French Indochina

French Union 1 Piastre 1953

Face:

Vietnamese woman; denomination;
Text:
Institut d'Emission des Etats du CAMBODGE, du LAOS et du VIET-NAM
= Institute of Emission for the States of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam;
LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS EN VIGUEUR
= The counterfactor will be punished in accordance with the acting law;
UNE PIASTRE = One piastre;
LE PRÉSIDENT = President
[signature: Gaston Cusin];
LE CAISSIER CENTRAL = Central Cashier
[signature: F. Chuniertuin];
SÉB. LAURENT FEC. [designer: Sébastien Laurent]; HOURRIEZ SC. [engraver: Georges Hourriez];

Back:

Vietnamese boy carrying coconuts; denomination;
Text:
មួយរៀល = ໜຶ່ງກິບ = MỘT ĐỒNG = One piastre;
SÉB. LAURENT FEC. [designer: Sébastien Laurent]; HOURRIEZ SC. [engraver: Georges Hourriez];

Watermark:

Mercury head

P-92 1 Piastre 1953

French Indochina banknote 1 Piastre 1953, faceFrench Indochina banknote 1 Piastre 1953, back