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1 Cash - Thái Đức Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1778-1788 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse with a central square hole surrounded by an undecorated flat field and a raised rim, uniface with no inscriptions, symbols, or decorative elements. The surface exhibits a green-blue patina consistent with aged copper alloy, characteristic of Vietnamese cast cash coinage of the period. |
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The Thái Đức reign title belongs to Nguyễn Nhạc, eldest of the three Tây Sơn brothers whose rebellion dismantled Nguyễn lord control over southern Vietnam in the 1770s. Nguyễn Nhạc proclaimed himself emperor at Quy Nhơn in 1778, and coinage under this title was struck during a period of active military campaigning — his forces had already sacked Gia Định in 1776-77. The Tây Sơn monetary output is poorly documented, and attribution debates persist across Barker and Toda's catalogues on several related types.