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| Issuer | State Bank of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | Second new đồng (1985-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM 100 ĐỒNG (Translation: Socialist Republic of Vietnam) |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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| Additional information |
Vietnam issued this coin three years before the tournament itself — an unusually long lead time even for commemorative programs of the early 1990s. The country had no team in USA 94, having never qualified for a FIFA World Cup at that point, which makes the issue less a national celebration than a straightforward hard-currency earner aimed at the collector export market. The State Bank ran several such programs through this period as Vietnam navigated the post-Đổi Mới opening of its economy.