100 Đồng Gallimimus

1994 year


Silver (.999)	16 g	38 mm

Description

Issuer	Vietnam
Period	Socialist Republic (1976-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1994
Value	100 Đồng 100 VND = USD 0.0040
Currency	Second new đồng (1985-date)
Composition	Silver (.999)
Weight	16 g
Diameter	38 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated	2024-10-09

References

Numista	N#219978
Rarity index	93%

Reverse

Picture of Gallimimus, above date of 1994

Script: Latin

Lettering:
động vật cổ đại
1994
Gallimimus

Translation: Ancient animals - Gallimimus

Edge

Plain

Comment

Gallimimus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous period, about seventy million years ago (mya). Several fossils in various stages of growth were discovered by Polish-Mongolian expeditions in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia during the 1960s; a large skeleton discovered in this region was made the holotype specimen of the new genus and species Gallimimus bullatus in 1972. The generic name means "chicken mimic", referring to the similarities between its neck vertebrae and those of the Galliformes. Gallimimus is the largest known ornithomimid; adults were about 6 metres (20 ft) long, 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) tall at the hip and weighed about 440 kilograms (970 lb).

Interesting fact

The Gallimimus coin, released in 1994, was the first silver coin issued by Vietnam. It has a unique design, featuring a Gallimimus, a prehistoric bird, on the obverse, and the national emblem of Vietnam on the reverse. The coin was minted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Gallimimus fossil in Vietnam.

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1994	10000	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 100 Đồng (Gallimimus) 1994 coin.

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