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1 Cash - Vĩnh Thọ Thông Bảo, Regular script

Issuer Empire of Vietnam
Year 1658-1662
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Shape Round with a square hole
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Obverse lettering 永壽通寶
(Translation: Vĩnh Thọ Thông Bảo — Vĩnh Thọ era of Lê Thần Tông, 1658-1662 / Universal currency)
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Edge Plain
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Vĩnh Thọ was the reign title of Lê Thần Tông during his second period on the throne — an unusual circumstance, as he had already abdicated once before being restored to power. The cash coinage of this period was produced under the Lê dynasty, though real authority rested with the Trịnh lords, who controlled the northern Vietnamese court and effectively used the emperors as figureheads. Coins struck under this arrangement bear imperial reign titles that mask a more fractured political reality.

Barker's attribution as 60.1 distinguishes this from related varieties by script style — the "regular script" designation matters here, as multiple calligraphic treatments were applied across Lê-era cash issues.

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