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| Emittent | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Jahr | 1428-1433 |
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| Prägetechnik | Cast |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Cast copper cash coin with a central square hole framed by a raised inner rim. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central aperture, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 順 (top), 元 (right), 寶 (bottom), 天 (left), forming the legend Thuận Thiên Nguyên Bảo. The characters are rendered in bold relief within a plain field bounded by a raised outer rim. The coin displays characteristic green and brown patination consistent with age and burial. |
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| Aversschrift | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Thuận Thiên was the reign title adopted by Lê Lợi upon founding the Lê dynasty in 1428, following his decade-long guerrilla campaign against Ming Chinese occupation — a struggle later celebrated in Vietnamese literature as the Lam Sơn uprising. These cash coins were among the first issues of a newly sovereign Vietnamese state, minted at a moment when establishing a functioning monetary system was itself a political act of independence. The Ming had controlled Vietnamese coinage and taxation for over twenty years prior.
Barker's attribution at 29.1 distinguishes this from later Lê issues that share similar inscriptions but differ in casting quality and square-hole tolerances.