30 Đồng

The 1985 Vietnamese currency reform was a brutal redenomination: the old đồng was replaced at 10:1, wiping out savings and triggering widespread panic buying in the weeks before the official cutover. This 30 đồng note belongs to the post-reform series introduced under that same decree — an unusual denomination that reflects the socialist preference for denominations calibrated to wage increments rather than commercial convenience.

The series is poorly documented in Western references; Pick's data on Vietnamese issues of this period remains thin, and precise print run figures have never been officially released.