COUNTERFEITS OF 200,000 DONG VIETNAMESE BANKNOTES

There is a new 200,000 Dong counterfeit variety which started coming into Viet Nam from China sometime last year. When I was shown my first one, it even had its printing shifted in several places. Look at the Hai Tram and Nghin Dong just above the 200.000 at the lower left in the attached image. It is a terrible note to try to pass but it did make it! And the polymer is also thicker.

Then I looked at the block, date and serial. The first two digits of what appears to be the serial number are actually the date. The latest date known to me is 11 for 2011. The counterfeit in the attached image has 42!! The counterfeiter did not realize there was a date on the note! I have also seen 37 as a date.

The number of these notes that has made it into Viet Nam must be significant because there is an article in the Ngan Hang (Banking) newspaper about the security features on the polymer notes. And I have seen posters on the doors of the local banks with small posters about the security features. I have two of these notes from circulation and trying to acquire more so Joe Boling can have at least one for his collection and to study them.

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