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100 Đồng World Cup USA 1994
| Issuer | Vietnam |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 19.9 g |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, featuring a five-pointed star above a cogwheel and sheaves of rice, with a ribbon inscribed VIỆT NAM at the base. The circular legend CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 100 ĐỒNG is inscribed in the lower field. The design is executed in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vietnam issued this coin two years before the 1994 tournament, part of a broader wave of World Cup commemoratives produced by nations with no qualification prospects — Vietnam has never appeared in a FIFA World Cup finals. The issue was almost certainly driven by export demand from the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, a common arrangement in the early 1990s where state mints in socialist economies generated hard currency through numismatic sales abroad.