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1 Cash - Vĩnh Thiên Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Lê Nga Rebellion |
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| Year | 1420 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin featuring four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform reading order around a central square perforation: top 永 (Vĩnh), right 通 (Thông), bottom 天 (Thiên), left 寶 (Bảo). The characters are rendered in raised relief within the inner field, separated by the square central hole. A plain raised inner rim borders the central field, and a broad outer rim encircles the coin's perimeter. The surfaces display green and brown patination consistent with age. |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse (uniface casting), featuring only the raised square central hole rim and the broad outer rim. The field is unadorned and carries no inscriptions or decorative elements. Heavy green patination covers the surface, with areas of exposed bronze visible beneath the oxidation. |
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The Lê Nga Rebellion was one of several regional uprisings that erupted in the early 15th century during the Ming occupation of Đại Việt, a period when Chinese administrators systematically suppressed Vietnamese coinage and imposed their own monetary system. Rebel factions that controlled even temporary territorial footholds issued their own cash coins as assertions of independent authority — practical instruments of exchange, yes, but also political signals directed at the occupied population.
The Barker plate reference places this among a small, documented group. Rebellion-era issues from this occupation period are routinely confused with contemporaneous Ming provincial castings.