New Vietnam 200-1,000-5,000 Dong

NJMark1

Here are some pics of these 3 new coins recently added. All of the obverse are the same the reverses are different
Just read about these comming out and I found them at a show last Sunday
Vietnam 200-1,000-5000 Dong 2003
200 Dong looks to be copper nickle?
1,000 Dong looks to be Aluminum bronze?
5,000 Dong also Aluminum Bronze


Mark

spoon

Those are some nice ones I like that 5000 dong design.

Btw, if you also collect Vietnamese/Fr Indochina paper-money, this guy has a good site: Art Hanoi. He sold off a lot of paper on ebay last spring, most of it went cheap.. really kick-started my collection

XpipedreamR

Am I the only one that thinks Dong is a very amusing name for a currency (I mean amusing as far as currencies are concerned)?


Maybe I'm just very childish. Yes, I'm sure that's it!

rhound1977

All my Dong are from the 60's nice to see some modern ones.........

kuhli

Joel Anderson has the set available. Also has the new East Timor set, which I need to order soon.

sumnom

Yes pipedream, you are the only one.

NJMark1

Kuhli

Thanks for the tip on the east timor new coins

Mark

cosmicdebris

I got my DONG in 1961.

NJMark1

Really! I got mine in 1953 LOL

Mark

JamminJ

<< <i>Am I the only one that thinks Dong is a very amusing name for a currency (I mean amusing as far as currencies are concerned)? >>



It's pronounced more like "dome" and rhymes with "Rome." It's really missing a "^" over the "o" and a "`" over the whole word which changes it a bit.

If you think that''s bad, I know a Vietnamese girl who's name without the accents is "Dung." It's really pronounced like "yoom" and rhymes with "room," but she usually goes by "Christina."

-JamminJ