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200 dong VND

Vietnam 1990_present UNC P-P-99a Needs review ✦ AI 40%
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Front · IMG_7425.HEIC cropped
Back · IMG_7426.HEIC cropped
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Identity

Where & when

Country Vietnam
Currency VND
Denomination 200 dong
Series name
Series year
Issue year
Era 1990_present
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency
Successor currency Vietnamese dong (revalued 1985)
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait
Reverse subject
Watermark
Color palette #c19a6b,#d2b48c,#8b4513
Themes agriculture,industry,transport
Language / script Vietnamese (Latin script)

Front: Agricultural tractor in a rice field with workers harvesting. The scene represents Vietnam's socialist emphasis on mechanized agriculture and collective farming during the post-reunification period. The State Bank of Vietnam (Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam) issued this series during the late 1980s economic reform period known as Đổi Mới, which began in 1986 and transitioned Vietnam toward a socialist-oriented market economy.

Back: This is a mismatched banknote back. The reverse shown is from a Venezuelan 1 Bolívar note issued by the Banco Central de Venezuela, dated October 5, 1989. The back features signatures of the President and First Vice President, with text "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" (Payable to bearer at the bank offices). This does not correspond to the Vietnamese 200 dong front.

Production

How it was made

Issuer State Bank of Vietnam
Issuer (native) Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam
Printer
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 140x70

Security features: microprint,intaglio

Geography

Vietnam in Asia

Vietnam in Asia. Other countries on the same continent shown in muted grey.

The story

Background & history

The front depicts a Vietnamese 200 dong note from the 1987–1991 series, issued by the State Bank of Vietnam during a period of severe hyperinflation. Vietnam underwent currency reforms with new dong introduced in 1985 at 10:1, though inflation continued through the late 1980s until economic reforms (Đổi Mới) stabilized the economy in the early 1990s. These notes were withdrawn from circulation in 1991 during subsequent currency reforms. The depicted tractor and agricultural scene emphasize the socialist state's focus on mechanized collective farming. The back image is from an entirely different note (Venezuela 1 Bolívar, 1989), indicating these are not matching photographs of the same banknote.

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Collector references

Pick # P-99a
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1987–1991
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What it's worth now

$1–$3
Type default range $1–$3
Valuation history (1)
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2026-05-10 07:37:01 1.0 3.0 USD ai from claude-sonnet-4-5
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AI extractions (3)
openai · gpt-4o 2026-05-10 07:37:01
status: ok · step 3 · $0.0226 · 6307↓ + 680↑ tokens
anthropic · claude-opus-4-5 2026-05-10 07:37:01
status: ok · step 2 · $0.1884 · 7397↓ + 1032↑ tokens
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:37:01
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0392 · 7397↓ + 1132↑ tokens
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