Description

Engraver: H. Ngoc

Obverse

Picture of Ho Chi Minh facing right surrounded by the inscription North Vietnam (DRV).

Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam. Hồ was also Prime Minister (1945–55) and President (1945–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War.

Hồ Chí Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. He officially stepped down from power in 1965 due to health problems. After the war, Saigon, the former capital of the Republic of Vietnam, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City.

VIỆT NAM DÂN CHỦ CỘNG HÒA

Reverse

Value to right of spray.

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ĐỒNG
1946

Edge
Characteristics
Material Aluminium
Weight 4.84 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin

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