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1 Cash - Bảo Hưng Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1801-1802 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin of traditional East Asian form, centered on a square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are disposed in the four quadrants around the central hole, read in the conventional sequence top-bottom-right-left: 寶 (top), 寶 (bottom), 興 (left), 通 (right), together forming the reign legend Bảo Hưng Thông Bảo. The characters are rendered in low relief against a flat field, and the design is contained within a plain raised outer rim. The overall style is consistent with Vietnamese Nguyễn-era cast coinage of the early nineteenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface and uninscribed, displaying only the plain raised inner rim surrounding the square central perforation and a plain outer rim. The flat field between the rims is featureless, typical of minor Vietnamese cast cash issues of this period. A faint circular casting line is visible midway across the field. |
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