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100 Đồng Winter Olympics Albertville 1992
| Issuer | Vietnam |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Two ice hockey players are depicted in dynamic relief at center, shown in skating posture with sticks extended toward a puck on the ice surface below. A stylized snowflake emblem, representing the Winter Olympics, appears in the left field. The upper legend THẾ VẬN HỘI MÙA ĐÔNG XVI arcs along the left and upper periphery, while ALBERTVILLE 1992 appears vertically along the right border. The issue year 1990 is inscribed along the lower left, completing the commemorative inscription referencing the XVI Winter Olympic Games. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vietnam had no athletes competing at Albertville and no particular connection to the Winter Games, but the early 1990s saw dozens of developing nations mint Olympic-themed silver issues almost entirely for the collector export market. These were revenue-generating exercises under Đổi Mới economic reforms, which from 1986 onward allowed Vietnam to engage in hard-currency foreign trade. The coins were struck two years before the Games themselves — standard practice for this category of issue, maximizing the sales window.