Vietnam 2000 10000 dong KM-51
This specimen was lot 3895 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "VIETNAM: Socialist Republic, AR 10,000 dong, 2000, KM-51, Sovereign Year of the Dragon, an extraordinary example, PCGS graded PF69 Deep Cameo, ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection." In 1975, the communists captured Saigon and reunified Vietnam. It has been said that North Vietnam won the war but lost the peace; the regime's mismanagement of the postwar economy caused the đồng to tumble from 410/dollar (1970) to 6,500/dollar (1990). At present (July 2024), US$1 = 25,407 đồng. Coins did not circulate much in communist Vietnam and now they don't circulate at all. This series of Chinese zodiac commemoratives was accompanied by 5,000 (KM 54) and 20,000 đồng in gold.
Recorded mintage: 10,000 at Singapore.
Specifications: 20 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.7 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 51.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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