Bảo Hưng Thông Bảo was struck for Cảnh Thịnh, the last emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, during the final collapse of that regime. By 1801, Nguyễn Ánh's forces had retaken Phú Xuân, and Tây Sơn authority had effectively ceased to exist across most of the country. Coins bearing this legend were likely produced in the north, where Cảnh Thịnh held his last diminishing territory before his capture in 1802 — making this issue one of the shortest-lived cash coinages in Vietnamese imperial history.
Bảo Hưng Thông Bảo was struck for Cảnh Thịnh, the last emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, during the final collapse of that regime. By 1801, Nguyễn Ánh's forces had retaken Phú Xuân, and Tây Sơn authority had effectively ceased to exist across most of the country. Coins bearing this legend were likely produced in the north, where Cảnh Thịnh held his last diminishing territory before his capture in 1802 — making this issue one of the shortest-lived cash coinages in Vietnamese imperial history.