50 Xu

This note was issued in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Saigon in April 1975, part of a provisional currency push by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to begin displacing southern monetary instruments before the formal unification of the banking system in 1978. The 50 Xu sat at the fractional end of that transitional issue — practically worthless in purchasing terms even at the time, given the inflation pressures that had been grinding through both Vietnamese economies for years.

Surviving examples in any condition are more common than the political drama of their moment might suggest; they circulated briefly and were replaced quickly.