South Vietnam Banknotes 5000 Dong banknote 1975
National Bank of Vietnam, P-35a.
Obverse: The Independence Palace in Saigon right centre, signatures of Tong-Kiem-Soat and Thong Doc.
Reverse: Leopard 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.
Independence Palace, also known as Reunification Palace, built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.
South Vietnam Banknotes
ND (1972-1975) "Palace of Independence" Issue
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