Catalog
1000 Đồng
| Issuer | National Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập) rendered in intaglio in blue-green tones, positioned to the right of centre against a lightly clouded background. The left half of the note is dominated by an elaborate multicolour guilloche pattern incorporating interlaced green, pink, and blue bands, flanked by ornate scroll and floral cornerpieces in dark blue. Denomination numerals '1000' appear in bold at upper right and lower right corners, with the bank title across the top and the value inscription 'MỘT NGÀN ĐỒNG' along the lower margin accompanied by two facsimile signatures. |
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| Protection description | a tiger's head, visible when held to light. |
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By 1972, the Republic of Vietnam's inflation pressures had pushed demand for higher denomination notes to the point where the 1000 Đồng — once considered an extraordinary sum — was moving through daily commerce with some regularity. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for much of the series, producing a note whose security specification was already conservative for its time: a single watermark, no security thread.
The note's short useful life is worth noting. The Fall of Saigon in April 1975 rendered the entire South Vietnamese currency system void almost overnight, and subsequent communist-administered exchange programs were deliberately restrictive, capping redemptions at levels that made large denominations like this essentially worthless in the transition.