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20 Xu Rebel Communist State
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 20 Xu (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | A large, bold five-pointed star dominates the central field, rendered in high relief with a smaller five-pointed star incuse at its centre. The circular legend VIET-NAM DAN-CHU CONG-HOA curves around the upper and lateral periphery, while the date 1945 appears in the lower field beneath the star. The design is plain and unadorned, reflecting the utilitarian aesthetic of early Democratic Republic of Vietnam coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | VIET-NAM DAN-CHU CONG-HOA 1945 |
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The Democratic Republic of Vietnam proclaimed independence on September 2, 1945, the same day Japan formally surrendered — leaving Ho Chi Minh's government in the extraordinary position of issuing currency before the French had fully registered what had happened. These aluminum pieces were struck under acute material constraints; aluminum was among the few metals accessible to the new administration, and the lightweight coinage that resulted was partly a practical compromise and partly a political statement of autonomous governance. French forces returned in force by early 1946, pushing the DRV into the northern highlands and rendering this first coinage politically obsolete within months of issue.