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500 Pesos - Black marlin Paracel islands
| Issuer | Vietnam |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse description | A boldly rendered right-facing Black marlin (Istiompax indica) occupies the central field, depicted in high relief with finely engraved fin and body detail. The denomination 500 P appears in large numerals at the upper centre, with the scientific name Istiompax indica inscribed in italic Latin script along the upper left. The legend Quần Đảo Hoàng Sa · 西沙群島 runs along the lower rim, and the date 2018 appears at the lower right. The engraver's initials ВБ (Vitaly Bakhtinov) are placed in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse lettering | Istiompax indica 500 P Quần Đảo Hoàng Sa · 西沙群島 ВБ 2018 |
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The Paracel Islands have been the subject of a territorial dispute between Vietnam, China, and Taiwan for decades — China seized full control from South Vietnam by force in 1974, and Hanoi has never formally relinquished its claim. Vietnamese commemorative issues referencing the Paracels carry an unmistakable political dimension, asserting jurisdiction through numismatic means over territory Hanoi does not physically administer.
The denomination in pesos is an artifact of colonial monetary history: Vietnam used the Indochinese piastre under French rule, a unit that circulated as "peso" in regional trade contexts. Its appearance on a modern Vietnamese issue is an anachronism worth noting.