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1 Đồng
| Issuer | South Vietnam |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 1 Đồng |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a large, bold numeral '1' in the center of the field, rendered in a distinctive lined or ribbed style, with the denomination 'ĐỒNG' inscribed in large raised letters along the lower arc. The curved legend 'VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HOÀ' (Republic of Vietnam) arcs around the upper periphery in Latin script. The design is stark and modernist, with no figurative imagery, relying entirely on typography for its composition. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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KM#7a represents a wartime composition shift — the original KM#7 had been struck in aluminum-bronze, but by 1971 the South Vietnamese government was operating under severe economic strain and U.S. dependency, and base metal substitutions were practical necessities rather than policy choices. Nickel clad steel was cheaper and easier to source through American-backed supply chains. The 1971 date places this squarely in the period following Vietnamization, when the Nixon administration was drawing down troops while Saigon struggled to maintain basic institutional functions, coinage among them.