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100 Đồng Summer Olympics Sydney 2000
| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A muscular discus thrower rendered in high relief dominates the central field, depicted in a dynamic preparatory stance with the discus held in the extended right hand, evoking the classical Discobolus tradition. The athletic figure is shown in three-quarter view against a deeply mirrored proof field. Decorative cloud or wave scroll motifs flank the figure on both left and right sides of the field. The curved legend THẾ VẬN HỘI 2000, meaning Olympic Games 2000, is inscribed along the lower periphery in bold raised Latin lettering. |
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Vietnam's participation in the Sydney Games was modest — four athletes across three sports, none reaching the podium — but the State Bank issued this piece regardless, joining a flood of small-nation commemoratives that Sydney generated globally. The program was largely aimed at the collector export market rather than domestic circulation, a common arrangement for Vietnamese silver issues of this period.