Catalog
100 Đồng
| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 100 Đồng |
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| Obverse lettering | CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM 100 MỘT TRĂM ĐỒNG 1991 (Translation: Socialist Republic of Vietnam / One Hundred Dong / 1991) |
| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette in brown and olive tones renders the Phổ Minh Pagoda and its multi-tiered tower at Tức Mặc, framed by mature trees and the temple gateway in fine line engraving. The numeral "100" in large olive-green letterpress is placed at lower left, while the denomination "MỘT TRĂM ĐỒNG" appears in bold at lower right. Guilloche borders in olive and blue frame the composition on all sides. |
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Vietnam's 1992 note series was issued as the country was three years into Đổi Mới — the economic reform program that dismantled central planning and opened Vietnam to foreign investment. The State Bank needed a functioning currency infrastructure to accompany liberalization, and this series was part of that quiet institutional rebuilding.
P#105 is among the smaller-denomination notes of the series and circulated heavily enough that worn examples vastly outnumber uncirculated ones in the market.