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100 Đồng Vietnamese Junk
| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM 100 ĐỒNG 1986 |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a traditional Vietnamese sailing junk rendered in fine relief, shown underway on stylised waves with its characteristic large battened sail billowing to the right and a deckhouse visible to the port side. The vessel occupies the central and lower field, conveying a sense of maritime heritage and motion. The legend 'VIỆT NAM' arcs along the upper periphery, while the inscription 'THUYEN BUỒM' (sailing junk) is positioned along the lower periphery, framing the nautical motif. |
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Vietnam issued a series of silver collector coins in the mid-1980s partly to generate hard currency — foreign exchange the government desperately needed as the economy buckled under the dual pressure of post-reunification mismanagement and the U.S. trade embargo. These pieces were never intended for domestic circulation and were sold almost exclusively to Western numismatic distributors and at international coin fairs.
The .999 fineness is notable for a state issue of this period, when most socialist-bloc commemoratives were struck in .900 silver. It suggests the pieces were calibrated to compete directly in the bullion-collector market rather than issued as pure government prestige items.