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| Issuer | North Vietnam |
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| Year | 1950-1951 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Ornamental frame enclosing a portrait of Hồ Chí Minh at right, with a Chinese-character cartouche at left and signatures at centre; denomination "1000" in large numerals above the text TIN PHIẾU and MỘT NGHÌN ĐỒNG below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 VIỆT-NAM DÂN-CHỦ CỘNG-HOÀ CHUT CH HO CHIMINH TIN PHIẾU MOT NGHIN DONG |
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North Vietnam's earliest high-denomination paper issues were produced under extraordinarily difficult conditions — the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was fighting a full-scale war against French forces, and state printing infrastructure was improvised and dispersed across jungle locations to avoid aerial destruction. The 1000 Đồng was among the notes financing that resistance economy, where the currency's function was as much political as transactional.
P#58 is known to exist in multiple printing variants with subtle differences in color and paper stock, reflecting the unstable supply chains of the resistance period. Collectors should examine these carefully — they are not equivalent.