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5 Xu
| Issuer | Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam (State Bank of Vietnam) |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 5 Xu (0.05) |
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| Reverse lettering | NGÂN HÀNG NHÀ NƯỚC VIỆT NAM |
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| Variants | P#76a - watermark: 15 mm stars P#76b - watermark: 30 mm radiant star |
| Comments |
The 1975 Vietnamese xu denominations are inseparable from the immediate post-reunification monetary transition. Following the fall of Saigon in April 1975, the provisional revolutionary government needed instruments of exchange for the South before a unified national currency could be established — these small xu notes filled that gap, circulating in southern Vietnam under the new administration while the longer process of monetary consolidation was underway.
Pick 76 is among the lowest-denomination notes of the series, which partly explains its scarcity in collectible condition: small change notes in wartime-adjacent economies suffer hard use and disposal.