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1 Cash - Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo, Seal script
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1740-1786 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim, with four seal-script Chinese characters disposed in the four cardinal positions around the hole, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 景興通寶 (Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo). The characters are rendered in the archaic zhuanshu (seal script) style, with rounded, formal strokes characteristic of Vietnamese cast cash of the Lê dynasty. A plain raised outer rim borders the coin. The flat field between the characters and the rims is unadorned. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, featureless reverse with a central square perforation enclosed by a raised inner rim and a plain raised outer rim. The field between the rims is smooth and entirely devoid of inscription or decoration, consistent with the uniface casting tradition of Vietnamese Lê-dynasty cash coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1740-1786) - Toda#102: Cảnh-Bảo in Seal script only - ND (1740-1786) - Toda#105: Cảnh-Thông in Seal script only - ND (1740-1786) - Toda#107: All four characters in Seal script - |
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