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1 Tiền - Minh Mạng Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1820-1841 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in the traditional reading order: top (明), right (通), bottom (命), left (寶), forming the reign title and monetary legend 明命通寶. The characters are bold and deeply cast in raised relief, occupying the four quadrants of the coin's flat field. A raised rim borders the outer edge, and a raised square frame surrounds the central perforation, both characteristic of Vietnamese cast cash coinage of the Nguyễn dynasty. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Minh Mạng, the second Nguyễn emperor, pursued an aggressive policy of administrative centralization that extended to coinage — standardizing denominations and compositions in ways his predecessor Gia Long had not fully achieved. Silver tiền of this reign circulated alongside cash coins in a bimetallic system that served both domestic commerce and the tribute economy with China. The type ran the full length of his reign, from accession to death in 1841, making die varieties and subtle weight variations across two decades of production an underexplored area for specialists working in Vietnamese numismatics.