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1 Cash - Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo, Bắc
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1740-1786 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring a central square perforation surrounded by four Chinese ideograms in regular script (kaishu), arranged in cruciform reading order: top to bottom, right to left. The four characters 景興通寶 (Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo) occupy the cardinal positions around the central hole, set within a plain inner rim and an outer raised border. The legends are rendered in a bold, slightly archaic calligraphic style typical of Vietnamese Lê dynasty cast coinage. The field shows the characteristic rough, granular surface associated with sand-cast production. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo coinages are among the most prolifically varied in Vietnamese numismatic history — the Cảnh Hưng reign of Lê Hiển Tông produced well over a hundred documented cash varieties across four decades, more than any other Vietnamese ruler. The "Bắc" mint mark denotes production in the northern administration, operating under the de facto control of the Trịnh lords, who held real power while the Lê emperors reigned in name only. That political fiction was maintained with remarkable consistency from the early seventeenth century through 1786, when Nguyễn Huệ's forces finally ended Trịnh dominance.