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1 Cash - Chieu Thống Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Lê Dynasty |
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| Year | 1787-1788 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse displaying a smooth, featureless field interrupted only by the central square perforation, framed by a raised inner rim around the hole and a raised outer rim at the coin's edge. The surface bears natural casting irregularities and age patination consistent with a circulated Vietnamese cash coin of the late eighteenth century. No legends, symbols, or mint marks are present. |
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Chieu Thống was the last emperor of the Lê dynasty, placed on the throne in 1786 with Tây Sơn backing before relations collapsed entirely. His reign lasted barely two years — he fled to Qing China in 1788 after Nguyễn Huệ's forces took Thăng Long, personally petitioning the Qianlong Emperor for military intervention. The Qing obliged, sending an army that was destroyed at the Battle of Đống Đa in early 1789. Chieu Thống never returned, dying in Beijing in 1793.
Cash coins bearing his nien-hao are among the shortest-issued of any Lê emperor.