fco_738482 - FRENCH UNION - VIETNAM - HO CHI MINH 2 dong ou piastres 1946 Hanoi
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Price : 150.00 €
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : 2 dong ou piastres
Date: 1946
Mint name / Town : Hanoi
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,30 g.
Edge : brute
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION .
Obverse description : Buste d'Hô Chi Minh de face dans un motif floral ; à l'exergue 1946 dans un cartouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIET NAM DAN CHU CONG HOA/ .
Reverse description : Au centre HAI/ étoile/ DONG dans une couronne composite.
Commentary
Ces monnaies furent frappées dans des ateliers locaux d'Hanoi ou de Haiphong ce qui explique les variantes qui peuvent exister d'une monnaie à l'autre en poids ou en diamètre. D'autre part, ces monnaies sont toujours mal frappées..
These coins were minted in local workshops in Hanoi or Haiphong, which explains the variations that can exist between coins in weight or diameter. Furthermore, these coins are always poorly minted.
These coins were minted in local workshops in Hanoi or Haiphong, which explains the variations that can exist between coins in weight or diameter. Furthermore, these coins are always poorly minted.
Historical background
FRENCH UNION - VIETNAM - HO CHI MINH
(1946-1948)
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) founded the Viet-Minh in 1941. On August 22, 1945, his militia took Hanoi and massacred the Europeans. On August 25, Emperor Bao Dai (1932-1945) abdicated and on September 2, 1945, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was proclaimed in Hanoi. On March 6, 1946, Ho Chi Minh, who had become President of the Republic, joined the French Union with Cambodia and Laos, but France's refusal to hand over Cochinchina to him and the bombardment of Haiphong on November 24, 1946 put an end to the negotiations: the war began on December 19, 1946. It was to last eight years until the year 1954. Bao Dai was restored (1945-1955). Unleashed by their supposed American allies, the French surrendered at Diên Biên Phu on May 7, 1954, leaving thousands dead in extermination and re-education camps where survival rates were vastly lower than those in Nazi stalags..
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