Nghe An: While cleaning house, people discovered a stack of money issued more than half a century ago.

Mr. Kha Van Thin counts the stack of money again. Photo: Dao Tho

The owner of the money is Mr. Kha Van Thin (born in 1988), residing in Xop Thap village (Huu Lap commune, Ky Son district). Mr. Thin said that his family has lived in this stilt house for 4 generations. A few years ago, he was cleaning the house to find some documents for the frontline civilian labor regime for his grandfather, Kha Xieng Pha (who passed away in 1999), when he discovered a wooden chest in the bedroom. This was the chest that Mr. Pha kept hidden to store important items.

The bills have denominations from 1 hao to 1 dong. Photo: Dao Tho

The chest had been eaten by termites and had almost completely destroyed it. The only thing left in the chest was a wallet containing a stack of money tied tightly with a rope. Counting, there were a total of nearly 140 bills, mostly 1-cent and 2-cent bills, and a few 1-dong bills. The bills were all brand new and unwrinkled.

The 1-hao note was issued more than 60 years ago. Photo: Dao Tho

The 1-hao and 2-hao notes were issued in 1958, and the 1-dong note was issued in 1976. Mr. Thin added: “Some visitors found them beautiful and asked to keep them as souvenirs, so I gave away some of them, and now there are only 125 left. These are considered souvenirs left by my grandfather, and we have no intention of selling or exchanging them.”