| Issuer | South Vietnam |
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| Year | 1955 |
| Type | Trial banknote |
| Value | 1000 Đồng |
| Currency | Southern đồng (1953-1975) |
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| Size | |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Reference(s) | P#4A |
| Obverse description | Multicolored print, black serial number and red control number. Elderly Vietnamese man facing right on the left, a temple on the right, watermark in the center. Signature on the right. Overprint `GIẤY MẪU` at the bottom. Serial number at the bottom, divided into two sides. The numeral equivalent of the serial number is also printed on the top of the banknote. As a trial banknote, all banknotes have the serial number of O.00 000 (000000000). In addition, a control number is printed on the top of the watermark. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 NGÂN-HÀNG QUỐC-GIA VIỆT-NAM MỘT NGÀN ĐỒNG TỔNG KIỂM-TRA THỦ-QUỶ TRUNG ƯƠNG GIẤY MẪU HÌNH LUẬT PHẠT KHỔ-SAI NHỮNG KẺ NÀO GIẢ MẠO GIẤY BẠC DO NGÂN-HÀNG QUỐC-GIA PHÁT RA. (Translation: 1000. National Bank of the State of Vietnam. One thousand đồng. Chief Inspector. Central Cashier. Specimen banknote. Criminal law sentences one to penal labour for counterfeiting paper money issued by the National Bank of the State of Vietnam.) |
| Reverse description | Multicolored print. Middle-aged Vietnamese woman facing left on the right, a junk on the left, watermark in the center. Overprint `GIẤY MẪU` at the bottom. |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 NGÂN-HÀNG QUỐC-GIA VIỆT-NAM GIẤY MẪU (Translation: 1000. National Bank of the State of Vietnam. Specimen banknote.) |
| Signature(s) | on the right. Overprint `GIẤY MẪU` at the bottom. Serial number at the bottom, divided into two sides. The numeral equivalent of the serial number is also printed on the top of the banknote. As a trial banknote, all banknotes have the serial number o |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Woman`s head |
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| Numisquare ID | 8308089430 |
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