Face: woman and child with a globe; denomination; 
<p>Text: BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE = Bank of Indochina; 
CINQ CENTS PIASTRES = Five hundred piastres; 
L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI 
= Article 139 of Penal Code punishes with the forced labour those who counterfeits or falsifies the bills of the banks authorized by the Law; 
LE PRÉSIDENT = President 
[signature: Emile Minost]; 
LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL ADJOINT = Deputy General Director 
[signature: Jean Laurent]; 
SÉB. LAURENT FEC. [designer: Sébastien Laurent]; RITA - J. PIEL SC. [engravers: Rita, Jules Piel]; 
Back: woman and child with a globe; elephants; denomination; 
Text: GIẤY NĂM TRĂM CHỤC ĐỒNG = Banknote five hundred piastres; 
東方滙理銀行 = Bank of Indochina; 
伍佰元 = ៥០០ រៀល = ໕໐໐ ຫຼຽນ = 500 piastres; 
SÉB. LAURENT FEC. [designer: Sébastien Laurent]; HOURRIEZ SC. [engraver: Georges Hourriez]; 
Watermark: Mercury head 
</p><p>P-83 500 Piastres 1951
</p><p>P-83s 500 Piastres 1951 SPECIMEN
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perforation SPECIMEN.
Banque de l'Indo-Chine.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://art-hanoi.com/collection/icpaper/p83.html">French Indochina 500 Piastres 1951</a> (Art-Hanoi).