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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1027012, member: 6229"]You know a lot about Vietnam because of the United States Police Action (War) against Communist insurgants from November 1955 to May 15, 1975.</p><p> </p><p> For instance, you know this war followed the <b><i>First Indochina War</i></b> and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations.</p><p> </p><p>You, also, know there were different governing factions before, during and after the United States' participation in the war.</p><p> </p><p>Did you ever give much thought as to the coins issued by all entities of the different Vietnams? Do you want to see some?</p><p> </p><p>Since this is article is a <b><i>trivia</i></b> treatise on the numismatic aspects of the different Vietnams coinage, I am only going to introduce you to a few of the first coins issued by the different entities. Photo links courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery (worldcoingallery.com):</p><p> </p><p>In January 1946, the Viet-Minh, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh won elections across central and northern Vietnam and began killing off opposition politicians. The first coins you'll see are those issued by the Viet-Minh government dated 1946:</p><p> </p><p>NOTE: There were two varieties of the 1946 5 Hao:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc9/190-2_1&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km2.1%205%20Hao%20(1946)%20value%20incused%20in%20star&src=Le%20Viet%20Hung&query=Viet*%20hao" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc9/190-2_1&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km2.1%205%20Hao%20(1946)%20value%20incused%20in%20star&src=Le%20Viet%20Hung&query=Viet*%20hao" rel="nofollow"><b>1946 Copper-nickel 5 Hao w/value incused in star</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-n2&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km2.2%205%20Hao%20(1946)%20value%20raised%20in%20star&query=Viet*%20hao" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-n2&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km2.2%205%20Hao%20(1946)%20value%20raised%20in%20star&query=Viet*%20hao" rel="nofollow"><b>1946 Copper-nickel 5 Hao w/value raised on star</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-n3&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km3%201%20Dong%20(1946)&query=Viet*%20km%203" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-n3&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km3%201%20Dong%20(1946)&query=Viet*%20km%203" rel="nofollow"><b>1946 C-N 1 Dong</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img11/190a-4&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km4%202%20Dong%20(1946)%20Ho%20Chi%20Minh&query=Viet*%20minh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img11/190a-4&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km4%202%20Dong%20(1946)%20Ho%20Chi%20Minh&query=Viet*%20minh" rel="nofollow"><b>1946 C-N 2 Dong</b></a></p><p> </p><p>The following coins were the first issued by South Vietnam:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/190-1&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km1%2010%20Su%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%201" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/190-1&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km1%2010%20Su%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%201" rel="nofollow"><b>1953 10 Su</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-s2&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km2%2020%20Su%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%202" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-s2&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km2%2020%20Su%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%202" rel="nofollow"><b>1953 20 Su</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-s3&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km3%2050%20Xu%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%203" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-s3&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km3%2050%20Xu%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%203" rel="nofollow"><b>1953 50 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p>North Vietnam issued the following coins in 1958:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc4/190-s5&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km5%201%20Xu%20(1958)&src=Viet%20Hung%20Le&query=Viet*%20km%205" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc4/190-s5&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km5%201%20Xu%20(1958)&src=Viet%20Hung%20Le&query=Viet*%20km%205" rel="nofollow"><b>1958 1 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-n6&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km6%202%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%206" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-n6&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km6%202%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%206" rel="nofollow"><b>1958 2 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/190-7&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km7%205%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%207" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/190-7&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km7%205%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%207" rel="nofollow"><b>1958 5 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p>South Vietnam issued a C-N 1 Dong in 1960:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-s5&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km5%201%20Dong%20(1960)&query=Viet*%20km%205" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-s5&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km5%201%20Dong%20(1960)&query=Viet*%20km%205" rel="nofollow"><b>1960 1 Dong</b></a></p><p> </p><p>Shortly after the United States' withdrawal the country reverted to Vietnam under the People's Revolutionary Government and issued the following coins in 1975:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/190-7&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km7%205%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%207" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/190-7&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km7%205%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%207" rel="nofollow"><b>1975 1 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img15/190-A9&desc=Peoples%20Revolutionary%20Gov%20kmA9%202%20Xu%20(1975)&query=Viet*%20revolutionary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img15/190-A9&desc=Peoples%20Revolutionary%20Gov%20kmA9%202%20Xu%20(1975)&query=Viet*%20revolutionary" rel="nofollow"><b>1975 2 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img14/190-a10&desc=Peoples%20Revolutionary%20Gov%20kmA10%205%20Xu%20(1975)&query=Viet*%20revolutionary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img14/190-a10&desc=Peoples%20Revolutionary%20Gov%20kmA10%205%20Xu%20(1975)&query=Viet*%20revolutionary" rel="nofollow"><b>1975 5 Xu</b></a></p><p> </p><p>Thought you should know...</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1027012, member: 6229"]You know a lot about Vietnam because of the United States Police Action (War) against Communist insurgants from November 1955 to May 15, 1975. For instance, you know this war followed the [B][I]First Indochina War[/I][/B] and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. You, also, know there were different governing factions before, during and after the United States' participation in the war. Did you ever give much thought as to the coins issued by all entities of the different Vietnams? Do you want to see some? Since this is article is a [B][I]trivia[/I][/B] treatise on the numismatic aspects of the different Vietnams coinage, I am only going to introduce you to a few of the first coins issued by the different entities. Photo links courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery (worldcoingallery.com): In January 1946, the Viet-Minh, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh won elections across central and northern Vietnam and began killing off opposition politicians. The first coins you'll see are those issued by the Viet-Minh government dated 1946: NOTE: There were two varieties of the 1946 5 Hao: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc9/190-2_1&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km2.1%205%20Hao%20(1946)%20value%20incused%20in%20star&src=Le%20Viet%20Hung&query=Viet*%20hao"][B]1946 Copper-nickel 5 Hao w/value incused in star[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-n2&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km2.2%205%20Hao%20(1946)%20value%20raised%20in%20star&query=Viet*%20hao"][B]1946 Copper-nickel 5 Hao w/value raised on star[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-n3&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km3%201%20Dong%20(1946)&query=Viet*%20km%203"][B]1946 C-N 1 Dong[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img11/190a-4&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km4%202%20Dong%20(1946)%20Ho%20Chi%20Minh&query=Viet*%20minh"][B]1946 C-N 2 Dong[/B][/URL] The following coins were the first issued by South Vietnam: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/190-1&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km1%2010%20Su%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%201"][B]1953 10 Su[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-s2&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km2%2020%20Su%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%202"][B]1953 20 Su[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/190-s3&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km3%2050%20Xu%20(1953)&query=Viet*%20km%203"][B]1953 50 Xu[/B][/URL] North Vietnam issued the following coins in 1958: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_cs.php?image=nmc4/190-s5&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km5%201%20Xu%20(1958)&src=Viet%20Hung%20Le&query=Viet*%20km%205"][B]1958 1 Xu[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-n6&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km6%202%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%206"][B]1958 2 Xu[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/190-7&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km7%205%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%207"][B]1958 5 Xu[/B][/URL] South Vietnam issued a C-N 1 Dong in 1960: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img1/190-s5&desc=South%20Viet%20Nam%20km5%201%20Dong%20(1960)&query=Viet*%20km%205"][B]1960 1 Dong[/B][/URL] Shortly after the United States' withdrawal the country reverted to Vietnam under the People's Revolutionary Government and issued the following coins in 1975: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/190-7&desc=North%20Viet%20Nam%20km7%205%20Xu%20(1958)&query=Viet*%20km%207"][B]1975 1 Xu[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img15/190-A9&desc=Peoples%20Revolutionary%20Gov%20kmA9%202%20Xu%20(1975)&query=Viet*%20revolutionary"][B]1975 2 Xu[/B][/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img14/190-a10&desc=Peoples%20Revolutionary%20Gov%20kmA10%205%20Xu%20(1975)&query=Viet*%20revolutionary"][B]1975 5 Xu[/B][/URL] Thought you should know... Clinker[/QUOTE]
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