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1 Cash - Quang Trung Thông Bảo, different Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1788-1792 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1788-1792) |
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Quang Trung — born Nguyễn Huệ — ruled for fewer than four years before dying in 1792, yet his Tây Sơn regime produced a notably varied coinage. The "different Bảo" designation in this type refers to a variant character form for 寶 in the reverse inscription, a scribal or die-cutting distinction that Toda documented separately at #186. Whether this reflects deliberate differentiation between minting workshops or simple inconsistency among engravers remains unresolved.
Quang Trung's cash issues were struck in the immediate aftermath of his decisive 1789 rout of a Qing Chinese invasion force at the Battle of Đống Đa — a campaign completed in under a week.