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Lovely examples!  |
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Those "Piastre" notes can be very tough & expensive. More great examples (thanks for sharing)!
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Israel
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Thanks jbuck and walk2dwater  French Indochina 20 Piastre from 1920. The left woman representing France and the women at right representing the colonies 
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French Indochina 20 Piastre from 1920. The left woman representing France and the women at right representing the colonies Very interesting!
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One from Uruguay - I assume the designer wasn't colour blind having tried to colour the whole note in!   |
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Wow, quite the artistry on that note, thanks for sharing!
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One from Uruguay - I assume the designer wasn't colour blind having tried to colour the whole note in! Very nice!
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Valued Member
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One Piastre from French Indochina shows women representing Vietnam (Front), Cambodia and Laos (back), issued in 1944: 
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That's some beautiful colouring in that last note. I don't think I've seen oranges used like that before. Thanks for sharing these.
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One Piastre from French Indochina shows women representing Vietnam (Front), Cambodia and Laos (back), issued in 1944: Nice example!
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That's some beautiful colouring in that last note. I don't think I've seen oranges used like that before. Thanks for sharing these. Indeed, the coloring is very beautiful and unusual, but the real note is little less darker than my scan. I can't always control the scanner and get exactly the real color of item I scanning. Fortunately, it happens rarely and in most cases I can get closer color to the real color. I think this banknote color is closer to the real color (although little bright): http://www.panix.com/~clay/currency/FIC-74.jpgOne of my favorite banknotes: Five Piastre from French Indochina issued in 1939 shows in the front woman representing France and in the back, Khmer (Cambodian) Apsara woman dancer: 
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One of my favorite banknotes: Five Piastre from French Indochina issued in 1939 shows in the front woman representing France and in the back, Khmer (Cambodian) Apsara woman dancer: Beautiful!
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Another recent acquisition that feels more at home in this thread :-) 
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Vietnamese woman on 1 Piastre banknote of French Indochina issued in 1932: 
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