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1 Ðồng Propaganda Note
| Issuer | United States Department of Defense (Psychological Operations) |
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| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Faithful replica of the obverse of the North Vietnamese 1 Đồng note (SCWPM P#71a), extended by an attached tab at left carrying Vietnamese-language propaganda text; message code 4540 appears at the lower right corner of the tab. |
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| Reverse description | Faithful replica of the reverse of the North Vietnamese 1 Đồng note (SCWPM P#71a), extended by an attached tab at right carrying Vietnamese-language propaganda text; message code 4540 appears at the lower right corner of the tab. |
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Produced by the U.S. military's PSYOP units during the Vietnam War, these notes replicate the South Vietnamese 1 Đồng issue closely enough to pass a casual glance, then deliver a surrender or defection message on the reverse. The intent was not to defraud financially but to exploit the familiarity of currency as a handled, trusted object — something a soldier might pick up without immediate suspicion.
Distribution was primarily by air drop over North Vietnamese and Viet Cong positions. Millions were printed, which makes surviving examples common, though finding one with the full reverse text intact and unfolded is less straightforward than the quantities suggest.