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1 Cash - Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo, Bạch
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1740-1776 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised square rim, with four Chinese ideograms arranged in the traditional cruciform reading order — top, bottom, right, left — forming the reign title and currency inscription. The characters are cast in relief against a flat field, executed in standard regular script (kaishu). A raised circular rim borders the outer edge of the coin, typical of Vietnamese cast cash of the Lê dynasty period. |
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| Obverse lettering | 景 寶 通 興 (Translation: Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo — Cảnh Hưng era of Lê Hiển Tông, 1740-1786 / Universal currency) |
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Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo issues span the exceptionally long reign of Emperor Lê Hiển Tông, who nominally ruled from 1740 to 1786 while actual power remained firmly with the Trịnh lords. The "Bạch" designation — indicating a whitened or silver-washed copper planchet — reflects one of several monetary experiments undertaken during a reign plagued by fiscal instability, peasant uprisings, and the mounting pressure of what would eventually become the Tây Sơn rebellion. The Toda catalogue's silence on this specific variety is itself informative: Toda's 1882 survey was incomplete for many Lê-period cash subdivisions.