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| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM 100 ĐỒNG |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vietnam issued a series of silver commemoratives in the late 1980s and early 1990s largely aimed at the international collector market, a revenue strategy adopted while the country was still navigating the economic restructuring of Đổi Mới — the reform program launched in 1986 that began dismantling the centrally planned economy. Hard currency from numismatic exports was a practical consideration, not an afterthought. The Savannah piece belongs to that export-oriented run, struck for foreign buyers rather than domestic circulation.
.999 fine silver at this weight was a deliberate pitch to bullion-adjacent collectors in Western and Asian markets.