₫1000 — One Thousand Dong
The artwork
Front: Hồ Chí Minh at right, the familiar late portrait with thin beard and buttoned collar, set against a rosette of stippled ornament. Above, the state arms — star over rice ears and cogwheel — rising on a fan of engraved sunrays, with CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM arched over it. A large scrolled cartouche carries 1000 across the left half, MỘT NGHÌN ĐỒNG spelt out below, and 1988 in the lower margin. Red serial, prefix EC. Stylised clouds and dragons fill the corners.
Back: NGÂN HÀNG NHÀ NƯỚC VIỆT NAM across the top, and beneath it a finely engraved logging scene: a mahout astride a working elephant hauling felled timber down a track in the Central Highlands, a second man standing by the stacked logs at right. Numeral 1000 at lower left, MỘT NGHÌN ĐỒNG at lower right, a guilloche panel in blue and ochre down the right edge and rolling cloud scrolls in the corners.
In circulation
Part of the reform coinage and notes that followed Vietnam's 1985 currency change, this large-format 1,000 đồng went into use at the end of the 1980s. Steady inflation soon left it as small change, and it gave way to the smaller 1,000 đồng note — which kept the same elephant-logging vignette — still met by travellers today.
Details
- IssuerNgân Hàng Nhà Nước Việt Nam (State Bank of Vietnam)
- CurrencyDong (₫)
- DenominationOne Thousand Dong
- Collectedon the Vietnam journey, 2009
- SeriesDated 1988
- SecurityRed serial number, prefix EC, on the face