NumisBids
  
Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 39  21-25 Jan 2021
View prices realized

Lot 1605

Starting price: 85 USD
Price realized: 85 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
VIETNAM (NORTH): brass medal (6.35g), 1970, Sylvester-, Daniel-, 70 x 42mm, roughly in the shape of a kim khánh, commemorating the annual Elders ' Banquet of Hanh Thien Village, Xuan Truong District, Nam Dinh Province of 1970, stylized YEN LAO within circle, surrounded by HOI / HANH THIEN - TUONG TE ("gathering / charity - mutual aid"), date in common era & Vietnamese sexagenary year above, small holes on top & bottom (as made) for suspension, EF. Yen Lao ("Elders ' Banquet") is a traditional ceremony which takes place in Hanh Thien Village every mid-September on the lunar calendar. It celebrates the life of elderly people aged 70 & over and pays tribute to the home village. The ceremony includes rituals such as the presentation of statues, as well as folk performances and boat races.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
Question about this auction? Contact Stephen Album Rare Coins