100 Vietnamese Dong Foreign Exchange Certificate Banknote

100 Ðồng B Dong (Issued 1987)

Few banknotes from the socialist era of Vietnam’s monetary history occupy quite as peculiar a niche as the Foreign Exchange Certificates issued by the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam in 1987. These certificates, denominated in Dong B to distinguish them from ordinary circulation currency, formed a parallel monetary system designed to manage foreign exchange transactions within the country. A currency expert encountering this note would immediately recognise the “B” suffix designation as the key marker of this restricted-use scrip, separating it categorically from standard Vietnamese Dong notes of the same period. The combination of institutional typography, security patterning, and the Vietcombank issuing authority makes this a historically distinctive document of Vietnam’s late-socialist economic management.

On the front, the note is dominated by a bold central denomination panel displaying the numeral “100” in large, heavily inked green figures set within an elaborate oval guilloché rosette of fine interlocking green linework on a pale yellow-green background. The overall ground colour of the note is green, with intricate geometric lathe-work patterns filling the border areas and corners, which feature decorative floral medallion motifs rendered in darker green. The issuing authority is printed in red Latin-script text along the upper edge, reading “Ngan Hang Ngoai Thuong Viet Nam,” identifying this as a product of the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam. Immediately below the central numeral panel, the denomination is spelled out in green uppercase text as “Mot Tram” on the first line and “Dong B” on the second, clearly establishing both the value and the special Foreign Exchange Certificate designation. A serial number printed in red — reading “AC 0082179” — appears in the upper right area of the note, with the prefix letters “AC” set slightly apart from the six-digit numeral string. The border framework is composed of repeated fine-line guillochés creating a layered, textile-like appearance across the entire face of the note, lending it a formal, security-conscious aesthetic consistent with state-issued financial instruments of the era.

The reverse is printed in a uniform pale blue-grey tone and features a finely engraved vignette of a large institutional building, centrally positioned toward the right half of the note. The building depicted is a formal, neoclassical-style structure with a domed or rounded upper section, multiple storeys of rectangular windows, a prominent central entrance portico, and a broad stepped approach, consistent with the appearance of the Vietcombank headquarters building. The engraving is rendered in fine linework with careful attention to the architectural geometry of the facade, its columns, and the surrounding grounds. To the upper left of the note’s reverse, a circular seal or watermark device appears, incorporating an interlocked monogram of the letters “B” and “G” in stylised form, surrounded by text in a circular arrangement reading “Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam” and “Vietcombank.” The background of the entire reverse is covered in a fine diagonal line pattern in the same pale blue tone, giving the surface a subtle textile texture. No additional colour is introduced on the reverse, maintaining a restrained, single-colour printing scheme that contrasts with the more vivid green of the obverse.

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