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50 Xu - Bảo Đại Essai
| Issuer | State of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Value | 50 Xu (0.50) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1953 Vietnamese coinage program was produced in Paris under French supervision as Bảo Đại's Associated State of Vietnam sought the trappings of monetary independence within the French Union — a political arrangement that was already collapsing around it. Dien Bien Phu fell the following year. The essai designation marks this as a trial strike submitted for approval rather than a circulation issue, produced in strictly limited quantities for official examination.
At 3.5 grams in aluminium for a 31mm flan, the weight specification is notably heavy for the metal — suggesting the diameter was carried over from an earlier bronze design and the composition substituted afterward.