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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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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam occupies the central field, depicting a red-enamelled star surmounting a cogwheel and rice sheaves, tied at the base with a ribbon. The legend CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM arcs along the upper periphery. The denomination 100 ĐỒNG is displayed in large numerals at the base of the field, flanked by decorative floral ornaments, with the word ĐỒNG inscribed directly below. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vietnam's participation in the Sydney Games marked only the country's fifth appearance at a Summer Olympics, having first competed in 1952 under a very different political dispensation. The State Bank issued a series of commemorative silver pieces for the event, this being among the more modestly denominated. At 100 đồng face value, it was essentially notional currency — the denomination had long since ceased to represent any meaningful purchasing power in an economy where even small transactions ran into the tens of thousands.