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1 Cash - Minh Đức Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1788 |
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| Weight | 2.10 g |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring a central square perforation surrounded by a plain raised rim on both inner and outer edges. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 明 (Minh), 德 (Đức), 通 (Thông), 寶 (Bảo). The characters are rendered in bold relief within a plain, unadorned field, consistent with Vietnamese cast coinage of the late eighteenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Obverse lettering | 明 寶 通 德 (Translation: Minh Đức Thông Bảo [Uncertain meaning] / Universal currency) |
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