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Currency - Paper - Vietnam - 5 Dollar

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Currency - Paper - Vietnam - 5 Dollar
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Paper Currency - Vietnam - 5 Dollar - Very old 1930s or 40s

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This is a popular for all serious collectors.

In the 14th century, the Ho dynasty printed Vietnam’s first paper money. Or leaf money, is probably more accurate. Researchers believe cut leaves were printed with designs such as seaweed, waves, clouds, and turtles, using a simple lithographic process. The material was passed through two carved stone rollers, which were inked with vegetable dyes.

A press from these times has survived, but none of the notes, and after the Ho dynasty, money went back to being made from metal. Medals, for bravery and loyal service, were also struck by these regimes. Like coins of currency, they featured the year name on the front, and animals -up to eight of them -on the back. One shows a galloping horse and the phrase “Long March of a Thousand Miles;” this was like Vietnam’s first steeple-chasing prize, being awarded to the owners of horses which distinguished themselves in battle.