Vietnam
Vietnam new date (2019) 10,000-dong note (B343l) confirmed
09 11, 2019 09:47 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2019) 200,000-dong note (B347j) confirmed
08 08, 2019 09:37 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2018) 100,000-dong note (B346l) confirmed
17 02, 2019 16:42 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2017) 50,000-dong note (B345i) confirmed
31 01, 2018 07:20 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2017) 500,000-dong note (B348m) confirmed
19 07, 2017 09:33 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2016) 200,000-dong note (B347h) confirmed
24 04, 2017 07:50 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Like B347g, but new date (2016). Prefix KE.
Courtesy of Don Ludwig and Stane Štraus (www.polymernotes.org).
Vietnam new date (2017) 10,000-dong note (B343j) confirmed
24 04, 2017 07:48 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Like B343i, but new date (2017). Prefix NC.
Courtesy of Don Ludwig and Stane Štraus (www.polymernotes.org).
French Cochinchina chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
17 03, 2017 09:29 Category: The Banknote Book | East and Southeast Asia
The French Cochinchina chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers.
This 3-page catalog covers notes issued by the Banque de l’Indo-Chine (Bank of Indo-China) in 1875. Published 17 March 2017.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
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Vietnam new date (2016) 50,000-dong note (B345i) confirmed
31 01, 2017 11:03 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Like B345h, but new date (2016). Prefix MZ.
Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.
Vietnam new date (2016) 100,000-dong note (B346j) confirmed
31 01, 2017 10:59 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Like B346i, but new date (2016). Prefix LJ.
Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.
Vietnam to introduce 100-dong commemorative note (BNP302) on 06.05.2016
05 04, 2016 12:32 Category: East and Southeast Asia | Commemorative
On 6 May 2016, the State Bank of Vietnam introduced this 100-đong note to commemorate the 65th anniversary of national banking in Vietnam. Not intended for circulation, individual notes were sold for VND20,000 each, or VND25,000 with a commemorative cover.
BNP302 (PNL): 100 đồng (
a. 2016. Signature: SBV Governor Nguyen Van Binh. Intro: 06.05.2016.
All notes bear prefix NH for Ngân Hàng (bank).
Courtesy of Nick Chiu.
BNP302 (PNL): 100 đồng (
a. 2016. Signature: SBV Governor Nguyen Van Binh. Intro: 06.05.2016.
All notes bear prefix NH for Ngân Hàng (bank).
Courtesy of Nick Chiu.
Vietnam new date (2016) 20,000-dong note (B344g) confirmed
18 03, 2016 11:24 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2015) 500,000-dong note (B348k) confirmed
25 09, 2015 00:29 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2015) 10,000-dong note confirmed
27 02, 2015 08:48 Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 dong, (20)15. Like SBV B43, but new date. Prefix KG.
Courtesy of Evgeny Afanasov.
Courtesy of Evgeny Afanasov.
Vietnam new date (2014) 20,000-, 50,000-, and 200,0000-dong notes confirmed
13 02, 2015 09:07 Category: East and Southeast Asia
20,000 dong, (20)14. Like SBV B44e, but new date.
50,000 dong, (20)14. Like SBV B45g, but new date.
200,000 dong, (20)14. Like SBV B47f, but new date.
Courtesy of Evgeny Afanasov and Claudio Marana.
50,000 dong, (20)14. Like SBV B45g, but new date.
200,000 dong, (20)14. Like SBV B47f, but new date.
Courtesy of Evgeny Afanasov and Claudio Marana.
Vietnam new date (2014) 500,000-dong note confirmed
12 01, 2015 09:52 Category: East and Southeast Asia
500,000 dong, (20)14. Like SBV B48i, but new date.
Courtesy of Mark Fox.
Courtesy of Mark Fox.
South Korea banknote printer seeking more overseas contracts
24 06, 2014 12:34 Category: Asia
According to an article in Korea Times dated 24 June 2014, Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) has seen its production volume halved over the past five years, and hopes to utilize excess capacity by obtaining contracts to print banknotes for other countries. Countries for which KOMSCO has produced or is producing "currencies" (may include coins, not just banknotes) include China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Libya, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand, and Vietnam. Last year KOMSCO won an order from Peru to produce 305 million 50-nuevo sole notes, with delivery to be completed by the end of June 2014.
Vietnam new date (2013) 200,000-dong note confirmed
07 02, 2014 20:03 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2014) 10,000-dong note confirmed
06 02, 2014 21:22 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
23 01, 2014 17:06 Category: The Banknote Book | East and Southeast Asia
The Vietnam chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers.
This 15-page catalog covers notes issued by the Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam (State Bank of Vietnam) from 1964 to present. Revised 23 May 2016.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
Subscribe to The Banknote Book
If you collect the entire world or a large number of countries, buying a subscription is the best deal because it's less expensive than buying chapters individually, and it entitles you to every chapter currently available as well as everything published—or revised (click here to see the Change Log)—during the term of your subscription.
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Vietnam new date (2012) 500,000-dong note confirmed
22 06, 2013 08:53 Category: East and Southeast Asia
500,000 dong, (20)12. Like P124, but new date.
Courtesy of Zbyněk Sobotka.
Courtesy of Zbyněk Sobotka.
Vietnam new date (2013) 10,000-dong note confirmed
23 03, 2013 07:47 Category: South Asia
10,000 dong, (20)13. Like P119, but new date.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Vietnam new date (2012) 50,000-dong note confirmed
22 03, 2013 15:31 Category: South Asia
50,000 dong, (20)12. Like P121, but new date.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Vietnam new date (2012) 20,000-dong note confirmed
22 03, 2013 15:31 Category: South Asia
20,000 dong, (20)12. Like P120, but new date.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Viet-Nam Coins & Papermoney catalog reprinted
11 03, 2015 10:10 Category: East and Southeast Asia | Book
Massimiliano Valota has reprinted the second edition of Viet-Nam Coins & Papermoney, a 350-page catalog in English with color images, index of rarity, and cross-references to other catalogs for easy searching. The catalog covers the coins and notes of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam Socialist, and military payment coupons.
This catalog received an Honorable Mention in 2013 by the International Bank Note Society "for significant contribution to the advancement of numismatic knowledge."
Cost is 30 euro each, excluding shipping.
Anyone interested in buying one of these catalogs can contact the author by clicking the link below.
Courtesy of Massimiliano Valota (www.vietnampapermoneyandcoins.com).
Vietnam 10,000- and 20,000-dong notes on cotton to be withdrawn 01.01.2013
30 09, 2012 14:51 Category: East and Southeast Asia
According to an article on The Voice of Vietnam dated 29 September 2012, the State Bank of Vietnam has announced that 10,000- and 20,000-dong (US$0.50 and $1, respectively) notes printed on cotton (Pick 109/115 and Pick 110) will no longer be legal tender as of 1 January 2013, but may exchange them at SBV branches and other institutions. These denominations have been replaced by polymer notes (Pick 119 and Pick 120).
Vietnam new date (2011) 200,000- and 500,000-dong notes confirmed
04 02, 2012 09:25 Category: East and Southeast Asia
200,000 dong (US$9.50), (20)11. Like P123, but new date.
500,000 dong (US$23.85), (20)11. Like P124, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
500,000 dong (US$23.85), (20)11. Like P124, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Vietnam new date (2011) 10,000-, 50,000-, and 100,000-dong notes confirmed
17 01, 2012 09:31 Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 (US$0.50), 50,000 (US$2.40), and 100,000 (US$4.75) dong, (20)11. Like P119, P121, and P122, respectively, but new date. Polymer.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Vietnam new date (2010) 10,000-dong note confirmed
17 02, 2011 12:28 Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 dong (US$0.50), (20)10. Like P119, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Vietnam new date (2010) 200,000-dong note confirmed
17 02, 2011 12:27 Category: East and Southeast Asia
200,000 dong (US$9.60), (20)10. Like P123, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Vietnam new date (2010) 500,000-dong note confirmed
06 01, 2011 08:36 Category: East and Southeast Asia
500,000-dong (US$26.20), (20)10. Like P124, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang and Jean-Michel Engels.
Documentary on Reserve Bank of Australia's bribery scandal
24 05, 2010 16:28 Category: Oceania
Four Corners has produced a documentary, Dirty Money, that explores how the central pillar of Australia’s financial system, the Reserve Bank, became ensnared in an international bribery scandal related to its polymer substrate subsidiary’s attempts to gain contracts around the world.
Courtesy of Kai Hwong.
Courtesy of Kai Hwong.
Vietnam new date (2008) notes confirmed
21 04, 2010 23:12 Category: East and Southeast Asia
All denominations of notes from Viet Nam have been confirmed dated (20)08, except the 50,000- and 200,000-dong notes.
Courtesy of Ryan Vuong.
Vietnam 100,000-dong note error confirmed
07 04, 2010 09:19 Category: East and Southeast Asia
An error has been confirmed on Viet Nam’s 100,000-dong (US$5.25) polymer note (Pick 122). In the microprinting at lower left on the front of the note the denomination is spelled out in numerals, however there is a zero missing from the second full set of numerals (see circled area above). This error has been confirmed on all dates (2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008).
Courtesy of Ryan Vuong.
Vietnam new date (2009) notes confirmed
15 02, 2010 22:37 Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 to 500,000 dong. Like Pick 119-124, but new date (20)09.
Courtesy of Torsten Fuhlendorf.
Vietnam denies rumor of million-dong note
20 12, 2009 10:46 Category: East and Southeast Asia
According to a VNBusinessNews.com article dated 02.12.2009, Nguyen Ngoc Bao, the director of the Monetary Policy Department, has denied rumors that the State Bank of Vietnam plans to issue 1,000,000-dong (US$54) banknotes. At present the largest denomination in Vietnam is the polymer 500,000-dong note (Pick 124, shown above).
Courtesy of Thomas Krause.
Vietnam issues two new polymer notes
15 08, 2006 11:00 Category: East and Southeast Asia
On August 15, 2006, the State Bank of Vietnam announced it would issue two new polymer notes. The 200,000-dong note is the first of that denomination in the nation’s history. The current paper 10,000-dong note (Pick 115) remains legal tender; all smaller bank notes are being replaced by coins. SBV has announced that it will eventually convert all its denominations to polymer.
10,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Purple, light green, and light blue. President Ho Chi Minh. “Treehouse” wmk, curved security thread, registration device, microprinting, and “VN” latent image. Off-shore oil rigs on back. Polymer. 132 x 60 mm.
200,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Red, green, and peach. President Ho Chi Minh as portrait and wkm. Curved security thread, registration device, OVI, and microprinting. Junk in Ha Long Bay on back. Polymer. 148 x 65 mm.
10,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Purple, light green, and light blue. President Ho Chi Minh. “Treehouse” wmk, curved security thread, registration device, microprinting, and “VN” latent image. Off-shore oil rigs on back. Polymer. 132 x 60 mm.
200,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Red, green, and peach. President Ho Chi Minh as portrait and wkm. Curved security thread, registration device, OVI, and microprinting. Junk in Ha Long Bay on back. Polymer. 148 x 65 mm.
Vietnam to issue more cotton notes
11 01, 2007 18:12 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Despite previously announcing its intention to eventually convert all its bank note denominations to polymer, the State Bank of Vietnam recently announced it would issue low-denomination cotton notes in the face of strong public opposition to the usage of coins. There is no word yet on exactly what new denominations will be released, nor when.
Vietnam new date (2018) 10,000-dong note (B343k) confirmed
31 01, 2018 07:20 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2017) 100,000-dong note (B346k) confirmed
31 01, 2018 07:20 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2017) 20,000-dong note (B344h) confirmed
31 01, 2018 07:20 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2018) 20,000-dong note (B344i) confirmed
17 02, 2019 16:42 Category: East and Southeast Asia
Vietnam new date (2019) 500,000-dong note (B348o) confirmed
08 08, 2019 09:37 Category: East and Southeast Asia
