Highly Important 100 Dollars = 100 Piastres of 1903
FRENCH INDO-CHINA. Banque de I'Indo-Chine. 100 Dollars = 100 Piastres, 9.3.1903. P-32. PMG Very Fine 25.
Saigon, serial number E.10 705. This remarkable offering was sold by us in 2015 and we are honoured to be offering it again nearly ten years later. Pillar design styling at left and right with Vasco da Gama at left and a Polynesian man at right. Ships at sea lower center. Purple manuscript signature left with engraved signature at right. Some staining and minor rust at the staple holes are observed along with a few minor notches at the top margin, but the paper quality is strong, and the color is still fresh for the age of the note. Overall pleasing quality for the VF grade. The final iteration of the type with "Hundred Dollars" at left in English, replaced shortly after the issuance of this type with both sides exclusively in French. An immensely high denomination at the time of issue coupled with the humid climate in South East Asia meant very few examples have survived to the present day, let alone in this condition. The present example is one of just two examples of this Pick number presently graded by PMG (both graded Very Fine 25), a number that has not gone up in years, with no new discoveries of this rarity in recent times. An original note without any cleaning or restoration and an exciting note for the French Indo-China connoisseur! PMG Comments "Rust, Stains."

極為重要之1903年壹佰圓
1903年東方匯理銀行壹佰圓。
西貢地名。編號E.10 705。曾於2015年由我們拍出，很榮幸能在十年後再次經手。左右兩側支柱有精美雕刻人像裝飾。下方中央有帆船航行圖景。左側有紫色手簽，右側為雕刻簽名。針孔上有輕微鏽漬，略有黃漬，上方邊緣有若干細小凹痕。VF評分而言仍悅目。此面值在發行當時已屬極高，加上東南亞氣候導致保存極為困難，如此品相難能可貴。原裝狀態，不經清洗或修復。必定能令法屬印度支那藏家心生雀躍。PMG備註"鏽漬、有黃"。

Estimate: $20000.00 - $25000.00