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South Vietnam 10000 Dong banknote 1975 Water buffalo

South Vietnam Banknotes 10000 Dong note 1975
South Vietnam Banknotes 10000 Dong note 1975 Water buffalo
South Vietnam Banknotes 10000 Dong banknote 1975 
National Bank of Vietnam, P-36a.

Obverse: The Independence Palace in Saigon right centre, signatures of Tong-Kiem-Soat and Thong Doc.
Reverse: Water buffalo at left center.
Watermark: Profile portrait of South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu's wife, Madame Nguyen Thi Mai Anh.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd, London England.
Due to steady inflation, 5000 and 10000 Dong notes were printed in 1975 but not issued due to the communist victory.

Madame Nguyen Van Thieu (born Nguyen Thi Mai Anh Khue) served as First Lady of South Vietnam from 1967–75. She is the widow of Nguyễn Văn Thiệu a Vietnamese general and politician, who served as President of the Republic of Vietnam from 1967 until his resignation in 1975. She was born in Mỹ Tho. Prior to the Fall of Saigon, her husband and her family left South Vietnam on 21 April 1975 to Taiwan. They later moved to England before permanently settling in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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ND (1972-1975) "Palace of Independence" Issue

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