“Hunting” for horse-printed money
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According to some people who specialize in buying and selling “unique” coins for Tet this year, buyers are especially interested in coins printed with horse images to celebrate good luck. Among them are Mongolian coins and old Vietnamese 50 dong. There are currently 5 main denominations of Mongolian money: 5 tugrik, 10 tugrik, 20 tugrik, 50 tugrik and 100 tugrik. These bills are printed with images of a pair of horses and are sold at prices ranging from 13,000 to 100,000 VND/sheet.
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Mr. Tran Minh Hai, owner of a personal website specializing in collecting and buying and selling currencies of many countries, said that because Mongolian coins of all denominations have the shape of horses, many people order them as souvenirs. Happy birthday gifts for relatives during Tet Giap Ngo. The denomination of the coin is very small and cannot be used to pay for transactions.
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Along with Mongolian money, the old 50-coin coin with the image of a horse issued in the South since 1972 is also a gift. Interesting coming-of-age gifts that many young people hunt to give to each other on the occasion of the new year. However, to buy this type of ancient money, collectors have to search from many sources, so the selling price is quite high from 70,000 – 80,000 VND/sheet, even with notes with beautiful serial numbers selling for 150,000 – 200,000 VND. /sheet. However, Vietnamese ancient money is more “hot” because it is both ancient money and has a very beautiful galloping horse shape.
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Tu in Giang Vo ward, Ba Dinh district, is excited because this year the State Bank prohibits the service of exchanging change and the amount of change. Issued is also more limited, so she wants to buy Mongolian coins with horse images to give to friends and relatives. Because according to her, this year is the year of Giap Ngo and the horse is a strong, durable and loyal animal, a symbol of breakthrough and success. Therefore, celebrating new year with horse-printed bills is also a wish for health and success in the new year. Moreover, when celebrating a new year, the recipient cannot spend these bills, so they will keep them in their wallet as a way to retain good luck for the whole year.
In addition, US $2 bills are printed from The year 1976 is widely sought after on websites and foreign currency exchange points because it is considered a lucky coin for the new year. While the equivalent price at the interbank exchange rate of 2 USD is only over 40,000 VND, these old bills have prices ranging from a few hundred thousand VND to millions of VND. In addition, some gold and silver stores also quickly followed the market by offering gold-plated 2 USD bills at a selling price of about 450,000 VND/bill.
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Celebrate the coming of age with gifts for children
Ms. Tran Thuy Hanh – owner of a souvenir shop on Phan Dinh Phung street, Hoan Kiem district, said the happy bag Age is a small thing but it contains a lot of messages from the giver. That’s why many people choose to give their loved ones a very special and interesting gift during Tet instead of putting money in a lucky money envelope like every year.
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Worthful Due to the difficult economic situation this year, many people have sought to buy cute little gifts such as balloons, cute and funny cards… to celebrate the coming of age for children.
Ms. Nguyen Thu Phuong – teacher at Thanh Quan Secondary School, Hoan Kiem District comments on children today Knowing the value of money quite early is because children are increasingly exposed to money, such as parents giving them money for breakfast, gifts, books, stories, lucky money, etc. Many children open their lucky envelopes with expressions on their faces. Children are happy and excited when they are celebrated with money of great value. On the contrary, children show a disheartened attitude when they are celebrated with small amounts of money. Not to mention, many children, after receiving lucky money, spend it on useless things such as playing video games and buying toys. Such wasteful spending only damages the child. Celebrating the New Year with gifts will limit inappropriate use of money.
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