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| Issuer | South Vietnam |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Engraver(s) | Norman Sillman |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait effigy of Ngô Đình Diệm, President of the Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, rendered in low relief against a plain field. The legend VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA (Republic of Vietnam) arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script. |
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| Obverse lettering | VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA (Translation: Republic of Vietnam) |
| Reverse description | A centrally positioned cluster of bamboo plants, their slender stalks rising from a common root mass and spreading outward with detailed foliage rendered in fine relief, divides the denomination numeral '50' to the left and the unit abbreviation 'XU' to the right in large bold characters. The date 1963 is inscribed in the lower exergue beneath the bamboo motif. |
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