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1 Cash - Cảnh Hưng Cự Bảo, contracted Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1740-1776 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin with a central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim and a broad flat outer rim. Four Chinese ideograms in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in the traditional reading order — top, bottom, right, left — around the square hole: 景 (top), 興 (left), 巨 (right), 寶 (bottom), reading 景興巨寶 (Cảnh Hưng Cự Bảo). The characters are rendered in relief against a flat, unadorned field, exhibiting the compact, contracted style characteristic of this variant. The coin shows an overall green patina consistent with aged copper alloy. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Cảnh Hưng was the longest-reigning monarch of the Later Lê dynasty, nominally on the throne from 1740 to 1786, though real power rested with the Trịnh lords who controlled the north. The sheer volume of cash types issued under his reign name is unmatched in Vietnamese numismatics — Toda catalogued dozens of distinct varieties, reflecting decades of intermittent minting rather than any coherent monetary policy. This contracted "Bảo" variety represents one of the more abbreviated inscription forms used when die cutters simplified the four-character legend.