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1 Cash - Đại Bảo Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1440-1442 |
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| Currency | Cash (970-1868) |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring a central square hole framed by a raised inner rim. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in the four cardinal positions around the central perforation, reading clockwise from top: 大 (top), 通 (right), 寶 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend 大寶通寶 (Đại Bảo Thông Bảo). The characters are bold and well-defined in relief against the flat field. The outer rim is raised and clearly delineated, typical of Vietnamese cash coinage of the Lê dynasty period. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Issued under Emperor Lê Thái Tông during an extremely brief window of his reign, this cash belongs to the Đại Bảo era — a period name abandoned after just two years. Lê Thái Tông died in 1442 under circumstances that remain disputed; he was found dead at the residence of one of his concubines, Nguyễn Thị Lộ, triggering one of the most notorious court scandals of the early Lê dynasty. The resulting political purge executed Nguyễn Trãi — Vietnam's most celebrated literary figure — along with three generations of his family.
Toda 53 is among the scarcer attributions in the early Lê sequence.