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1.000 Ðồng
| Issuer | Ngân-Hàng Quốc-Gia Việt-Nam (National Bank of Vietnam) |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Reference(s) | P#34A |
| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait of Trương Công Định at right, identified by his name in the lower margin. At left, a detailed vignette of a Vietnamese dragon in dark intaglio engraving occupies the lower-left quadrant, set against a blue and grey guilloche underprint. The denomination '1000' appears in numeral form at upper-left and lower-right, with the issuer's name 'NGÂN-HÀNG QUỐC-GIA VIỆT-NAM' and value 'MỘT NGÀN ĐỒNG' in letterpress across the top. A large red diagonal 'GIẤY MẪU' (specimen) overprint and serial number 'A1 000000' are applied across the face. |
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| Reverse lettering | MỘT NGÀN ĐỒNG NGÂN-HÀNG QUỐC-GIA VIỆT-NAM LĂNG TRƯƠNG-CÔNG-ĐỊNH – GÒ-CÔNG 1000 HÌNH LUẬT PHẠT KHỔ SAI NHỮNG KẺ NÀO GIẢ MẠO GIẤY BẠC DO NGÂN-HÀNG QUỐC-GIA VIỆT-NAM PHÁT RA GIẤY MẪU |
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Pick 34A belongs to the final years of the Republic of Vietnam's monetary system, issued as the war's economic strain was already visible in the currency supply. By 1972, inflation was accelerating sharply — the 1,000 Đồng denomination, once a significant sum, had been eroded to everyday transactional use for many South Vietnamese. Giesecke & Devrient, whose Munich facility handled security printing for numerous governments throughout the Cold War period, produced the note on contract.
The series would be rendered obsolete by April 1975, when the Provisional Revolutionary Government announced the replacement of all RVN currency. Redemption was strictly limited, and most notes in circulation at the time of the transition were simply never exchanged.