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1 Mouk Kingdom of Sedang
| Issuer | Vietnam |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Central coat of arms featuring a rampant lion beneath a royal crown, flanked by crossed swords or sceptres in saltire, evoking the heraldic style of the short-lived Kingdom of Sedang under Marie I. The motto legend is divided across the field in two parts: JAMARS CEDANT to the left and TOUJOURS SAIDANT to the right. The circular legend ROYAUME DES SEDANGS-MARIE 1ER 1888-1889 runs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. The date 2021 appears in the lower exergue. The overall design is rendered in a neoclassical engraving style consistent with late 19th-century European heraldic coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Kingdom of Sedang was a short-lived proto-state carved out of the Central Highlands of Vietnam in 1888 by Marie-Charles David de Mayréna, a French adventurer who declared himself King Marie I after negotiating — with varying degrees of coercion — treaties with local Sedang tribal chiefs. French colonial authorities never recognized it, and de Mayréna died in 1890 under disputed circumstances in the Philippines. The 2021 issue revisits this episode as part of a broader wave of fantasy or "exonumia" coinage commemorating obscure historical micronations, carrying no legal tender status in any jurisdiction.