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| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES MÔN CẦU LÔNG 2004 (Translation: Athens Olympic Games Badminton) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Vietnam's involvement in the 2004 Athens Games was modest — the delegation fielded fewer than twenty athletes — but the State Bank issued a full commemorative series covering multiple sports regardless. Badminton was a logical inclusion: the sport carries genuine competitive weight in Southeast Asia, and Vietnam had been building its national program through the 1990s. These coins were struck for collector export rather than domestic circulation, a pattern consistent with Vietnamese commemorative policy throughout this period.