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50 Xu 1963 [Vietnam / South Vietnam]

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50 Xu 1963 [Vietnam / South Vietnam]
  • Country: South Vietnam, Vietnam
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 2.94 g
  • Mintage: 20000000 pcs.
  • Metal: Aluminium
  • Composition: Al
  • Denomination: 50 xu
  • Currency unit: Xu
  • Orientation: Coin alignment
  • Artist: Norman Sillman
  • Summary: KM# 6, Schön# 40
  • Diameter: 30 mm
  • Reverse
    In the central part, a thicket of bamboo. On the right, the numeral 50; on the left, the inscription 'XU', which translates from Vietnamese as 'fifty xu'. At the bottom, the year of minting '1963'.
  • Obverse
    In the left part, following the curve of the coin's edge, is the inscription in Vietnamese 'VIET - NAM'; on the right, 'CONG . HOA', meaning 'Republic of Vietnam' — the name of the state from 1955 to 1975. In the central part, a portrait of the first president Ngo Dinh Diem, facing three-quarters left.

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