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10 Đồng PoW camps
| Issuer | National Bank of Vietnam (Ngân-hàng Quốc-gia Việt-Nam) |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Value | 10 Đồng |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress print with blue serial number; black overprint reads "PHIEU TU BINH CHI NHÁNH SAIGON VIỆT - NAM CỘNG HOÀ" across the face. A vignette at left shows a male and female farmer. Underprint in guilloche pattern frames the central field. |
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| Reverse description | Red letterpress print throughout. Central vignette shows the gate to the tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt, flanked by ornamental guilloche borders and denomination rosettes. |
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These notes were specifically printed for use in prisoner-of-war camps during the 1954–1955 population transfer that followed the Geneva Accords — the massive northward and southward movement of civilians and military personnel after partition. Distinct from the general circulation series, camp currency was designed to function within a controlled environment where standard notes could not be permitted to accumulate freely or be carried out.
The SBNC attribution carries a question mark for good reason. Philadelphia printing is plausible given South Vietnam's early reliance on American security printing infrastructure, but documentation confirming this specific contract is not conclusive.