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1 Cash - Minh Mạng Thông Bảo, zinc
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1820-1841 |
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| Currency | Cash (970-1868) |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised square rim, with four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) occupying the four cardinal fields. The four-character reign legend reads clockwise from top: 明 (top), 通 (right), 命 (bottom), 閩 (left), following the traditional Vietnamese cash coin convention of top-bottom, right-left reading order. Characters are boldly rendered in relief against a flat field, with a plain outer rim encircling the design. The coin exhibits the characteristic porous surface texture typical of cast zinc issues of the Nguyen dynasty. |
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| Obverse lettering | 明命通寶 (Translation: Minh Mạng Thông Bảo / "Minh Mạng [Emperor's] universal currency") |
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| Edge | Plain |
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