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1 Cash - Thuận Thiên Đại Bảo, with Nguyệt
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1010-1028 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 順天大寶 (Translation: Thuận Thiên Đại Bảo — "Great Treasure of Thuận Thiên", era name of Lý Thái Tổ, 1010–1028) |
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| Reverse lettering | 月 (Translation: Nguyệt — Moon) |
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Thuận Thiên is the reign title of Lý Thái Tổ, founder of the Lý dynasty, who established Thăng Long — present-day Hanoi — as the imperial capital in 1010. The "Nguyệt" crescent mark on this piece is a die variety distinguishing it from the standard issue; Toda catalogued the base type but the variant designation reflects the ongoing scholarship of Barker, whose work remains the more granular reference for Vietnamese cast coinage.
Cast rather than struck, using the sand-mold method standard to East Asian cash coinage of the period. The Lý court modeled much of its monetary and administrative apparatus on Tang and Song Chinese precedent.