Face: banana tree and palm tree; denomination; 
<p>Text: INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DES ÉTATS DU CAMBODGE DU LAOS ET DU VIET-NAM 
= Issuing Authority for the States of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; 
CINQ PIASTRES = Five piastres; 
UN ADMINISTRATEUR = Administrator 
[signature: Khun One Voravong]; 
LE PRÉSIDENT = President 
[signature: Gaston Cusin]; 
LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS EN VIGUEUR 
= The counterfactor will be punished in accordance with the acting law; 
Back: Pha That Luang stupa in Vientiane; denomination; 
Text: ຫໍທະນະບ້ດ = Issuing Authority; 
໕ = 5; ຫ້າກີບ = NĂM ĐỒNG = ប្រាំរៀល = Five piastres; 
ຜູ້ໃດປອມແປງທະນະບັດຈະໄດ້ຣັບໂທດຕາມກົດໝາຍ = Those who fake paper money will be punished by the law; 
Watermark: elephant 
</p><p>P-101 1 Piastre 1954
</p><p>P-101(*) 5 Piastres 1953 color proof, purple
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Face/Back: overprint SPECIMEN.
The Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://art-hanoi.com/collection/icpaper/p101.html">French Union 5 Piastres 1953, Laos</a> (Art-Hanoi).