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1 Cash - Thái Đức Thông Bảo, with dot
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1778-1788 |
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| Reference(s) | Barker#– |
| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading order (top, bottom, right, left) around a central square perforation. The legend reads 泰德通寶 (Thái Đức Thông Bảo), rendered in regular script (kaishu). The characters are raised in relief against a flat, unadorned field, with wide rims framing both the outer edge and the inner square hole. The overall fabric is typical of Vietnamese cast coinage of the late eighteenth century, with a plain, slightly irregular surface consistent with sand-cast production. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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The Thái Đức reign title belongs to Nguyễn Nhạc, the eldest of the three Tây Sơn brothers whose rebellion dismantled Nguyễn lord control over southern Vietnam in the 1770s. Nguyễn Nhạc proclaimed himself emperor in 1778 and issued coinage under this title through his capital at Quy Nhơn — a regime that controlled much of central Vietnam while simultaneously fighting remnant Nguyễn loyalists to the south and, eventually, tensions with his own brothers to the north.
The dot variety is an unlisted die variant in Barker, which places this piece outside the standard reference framework entirely.