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50 Đồng
| Issuer | Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Value | 50 Ðồng |
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| Obverse description | Olive green and yellow underprint with red serial number. A frontal bust portrait of Hồ Chí Minh occupies the left-center field, with the denomination value positioned to the right. A traditional Chinese script inscription runs horizontally along the lower portion from right to left, and microtext reading "Độc lập" is incorporated into the design. Serial numbers, each composed of two prefix letters and three digits, appear on both sides of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | NĂM MƯƠI ĐỒNG ໔໐ ຫຼຽນ ៥០ 5ៀល 元拾伍 50 GIẤY BẠC VIỆT NAM (Translation: Fifty đồng. Fifty riel. Fifty. Fifty riel. Fifty yuan. 50. Vietnamese banknote.) |
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This note was produced during the Việt Minh's active war against French forces, when the Democratic Republic of Vietnam had no access to professional printing infrastructure. The 1950 currency series was printed under genuinely difficult field conditions — some denominations in this run were produced using rudimentary equipment in liberated zones, resulting in variable ink coverage and registration that collectors sometimes mistake for damage rather than manufacture.
Phan Văn Hộ is one of the few artists from this period whose credit survives in the record. The resistance government's deliberate attribution of design work to named Vietnamese artists was a political choice, not administrative routine.