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1 Cash - Minh Mạng Thông Bảo, large type
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1822-1841 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin featuring a central square hole surrounded by a raised square border. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in the four cardinal fields reading top to bottom, right to left: 明 (Minh), 命 (Mạng), 通 (Thông), 寶 (Bảo), together forming the reign-title legend 'Minh Mạng Thông Bảo' (Universal currency of the Minh Mạng era). The characters are bold and well-defined, set within a plain, slightly raised outer rim. The fields between the characters are flat and unadorned. |
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| Obverse lettering | 明命通寶 (Translation: Minh Mạng Thông Bảo / Universal currency of Emperor Minh Mạng) |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse displaying a central square hole framed by a raised square border, with a broad, flat field extending to the raised outer rim. The surface is entirely unadorned and uniface, with no inscriptions, symbols, or decorative elements of any kind, consistent with standard Vietnamese cast cash coinage of the Nguyễn dynasty. |
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