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1 Cash - Gia Long Thông Bảo, large size
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1802-1820 |
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| Currency | Cash (970-1868) |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin featuring four Chinese characters arranged in the traditional cross pattern around a central square perforation. The inscription reads clockwise from top: 嘉 (Gia), 寶 (Bảo) at bottom, 隆 (Long) at right, and 通 (Thông) at left, following the conventional top-bottom-right-left reading order. Each character is rendered in regular script (kaishu) within its respective quadrant of the flat field, separated by the square central hole. The coin is bordered by a raised inner rim encircling the square hole and an outer rim defining the coin's edge, consistent with Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty cast coinage of the early nineteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | 嘉隆通寶 (Translation: Gia Long Thông Bảo — Gia Long [Emperor] / Universal currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1802-1820) |
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