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2 Xu Ho Chi Minh Trail Note; third issue
| Issuer | Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1971-1975 |
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| Value | 2 Xu (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress print in black on green and orange underprint; series and serial number in red. A bold red diagonal line runs from the upper right to the lower left corner, dividing the face of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface; reverse left plain with no printed design or lettering. |
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail notes were not issued through conventional banking channels. This third-issue 2 Xu piece was part of a parallel currency system used along the supply corridor running through Laos and Cambodia — soldiers and porters operating along the Trail received wages and made purchases in these notes, which were kept deliberately separate from the main DRV currency circulating in the north.
The series exists because Hanoi wanted to prevent Trail-currency from feeding back into the northern domestic money supply and fueling inflation. A practical wartime containment measure, rarely discussed in Western monetary literature.