Catalog
50 Xu Not Issued
| Issuer | Ủy Ban Trung Ương Mặt Trận Dân Tộc Giải Phóng Miền Nam Việt Nam (Central Committee of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam) |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Size | 115 × 57 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ỦY BAN TRUNG ƯƠNG MẶT TRẬN DÂN TỘC GIẢI PHÓNG MIỀN NAM VIỆT NAM NĂM MƯƠI XU 50 |
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| Reverse lettering | NĂM MƯƠI XU 50 |
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The National Liberation Front's 1968 currency series was a political instrument as much as a monetary one — designed to assert the NLF's legitimacy as a governing authority in liberated zones of South Vietnam. This 50 Xu denomination was prepared but never formally released into circulation, making it genuinely rare; most examples that survive did so in uncut sheets or small lots that never reached the distribution network.
The NLF issued currency sporadically through the late 1960s, primarily in rural areas where Saigon's piasters were politically unacceptable or physically unavailable. The non-issuance of this particular denomination likely reflects the disruption caused by the Tet Offensive, launched in January 1968, which shattered the administrative capacity of NLF networks for months afterward.