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1 Cash - Cảnh Hưng Dụng Bảo, type 1
| Issuer | Lê Dynasty |
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| Year | 1740-1776 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse displaying the characteristic square central hole framed by a raised square rim, itself surrounded by a flat field and an outer raised circular rim. No inscriptions, symbols, or mintmarks are present on the reverse. The casting is smooth and unadorned, typical of standard-issue Lê Dynasty circulation cash coins of the Cảnh Hưng period. |
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Cảnh Hưng was the reign title of Lê Hiển Tông, who ruled nominally for over forty years while real power remained firmly with the Trịnh lords — a arrangement that defined the Later Lê period entirely. Coins issued under this reign title were produced across an exceptionally long span, which accounts for the considerable variation in fabric, casting quality, and weight seen across the type. Barker distinguishes multiple varieties; this first type represents the earlier castings.
Vietnamese cash coins of this period were cast, not struck, typically in clay or sand moulds in provincial furnaces operating under loose central oversight.