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20 Ðồng
| Issuer | National Treasury of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Value | 20 Ðồng |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark red and gold, the obverse carries a facing portrait vignette of Hồ Chí Minh at left, with a phoenix vignette to the right. Two facsimile signatures appear below the portrait, identifying the Minister of Finance and the Director of the Central Treasury. The denomination is rendered in Vietnamese, Chinese, and Lao script within an ornamental border framework. |
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| Reverse lettering | VIỆT NAM DÂN CHỦ CỘNG HOÀ 20 THEO SẮC LỆNH CỦA CHÍNH PHỦ VIỆT-NAM KẺ NÀO LÀM GIẢ HOẶC CÓ HÀNH-ĐỘNG PHÁ HOẠI TỜ BẠC GIẤY CỦA CHÍNH PHỦ SẼ BỊ TRỪNG-TRỊ THEO QUÂN-PHÁP ២០ រៀល HAI MƯƠI ĐỒNG (Translation: Democratic Republic of Vietnam. According to the decree of the Government of Vietnam, those who forge or destroy government banknotes will be punished according to military law. Twenty riel. Twenty đồng.) |
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P#6 is one of the earliest notes issued by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam following the August Revolution of 1945, when the newly formed government needed a functioning currency almost immediately and had almost no printing infrastructure to produce it. The notes were printed under extremely difficult conditions, with supply and quality varying considerably across print runs — plate registration problems and ink inconsistencies are common throughout the series, and should not be mistaken for forgeries.
Ho Chi Minh signed the decree authorizing this currency on 31 January 1946. French colonial piastres remained in parallel circulation for months, and public adoption was slow in the south.