Catalog
5 Đồng
| Issuer | Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 5 Ðồng |
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| Obverse lettering | VIỆT NAM DÂN CHỦ CỘNG HÒA THEO SẮC LỊNH CỦA CHÍNH PHỦ VIỆT NAM KẺ NÀO LÀM GIẢ HOẶC CÓ HÀNH ĐỘNG HỦY HOẠI TỜ GIẤY BẠC CỦA CHÍNH PHỦ SẼ BỊ TRỪNG TRỊ THEO QUÂN PHÁP GIẤY BẠC VIỆT NAM |
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| Reverse lettering | 越南民主共和 NĂM ĐỒNG GIẤY BẠC VIỆT NAM ĐẠI DIỆN BỘ TRƯỞNG BỘ TÀI CHÍNH CHỦ TỊCH ỦY BAN KẾ NAM BỘ ĐẠI DIỆN TỔNG GIÁM ĐỐC NGÂN KHỐ QUỐC GIA GIÁM ĐỐC NGÂN KHỐ NAM BỘ |
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The Democratic Republic of Vietnam's early emission notes were produced under wartime conditions during the First Indochina War, when the Việt Minh government had no access to established printing facilities. This 5 Đồng was issued amid active French attempts to suppress both the new government and its currency — the French administration continued pushing their own Indochinese piastre in contested zones, making the DRV notes as much a political instrument as a transactional one.
Production quality across the P#17 series is inconsistent, a direct consequence of decentralized wartime printing. Ink registration problems and paper variation between surviving examples suggest multiple printing locations rather than a single controlled press run.