Catalog
20 Đồng
| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse lettering | Ngân Hàng Nhà Nước Việt Nam Hai Mươi Đồng (Translation: State Bank of Vietnam Twenty Đồng) |
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| Variants | P#94a(1) - equal distance of vertical underprint lines on front P#94a(2) - intermittent small and large distance of vertical underprint lines on front |
| Comments |
The 1985 Vietnamese đồng series was issued against a backdrop of acute economic stress — hyperinflation was accelerating, real wages had collapsed, and the state banking system was struggling to maintain any meaningful relationship between printed denominations and purchasing power. By 1985 a major currency reform was already being planned; it arrived later that year, replacing 10 old đồng with 1 new đồng and rendering this note obsolete almost immediately after release.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in the source data is almost certainly a cataloging error — that date predates the State Bank of Vietnam's existence by several years.