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10 Đồng Elephant
| 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 10 . ĐỒNG 1986 (Translation: Socialist Republic of Vietnam) |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed portrait of an Asian elephant's head facing left dominates the central field, rendered in high relief with prominent curved tusks and a raised trunk curling upward to the left. The upper legend BẢO VỆ THIÊN NHIÊN arcs along the periphery in bold Latin letters, while the word VOI (meaning 'elephant' in Vietnamese) is inscribed in the lower field. A small engraver's or mint mark device appears at the lower left of the field. |
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Vietnam's 1986 coinage program was part of a broader economic reorganization under Đổi Mới, the reform package that dismantled the centrally planned system and opened limited market activity — though the coins themselves predated the official policy announcement by months, suggesting the State Bank was already preparing for monetary restructuring before the Party publicly committed to it. Circulation was minimal; the economy ran largely on paper money and barter, and base-metal coinage of this denomination saw little practical use.
The elephant series was struck in small quantities and exported more than spent.