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1 Văn - Chính Hòa Unofficial coin
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Currency | Cash (970-1868) |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese characters arranged around a central square perforation, reading top to bottom and right to left in the traditional manner: 政 (top), 通 (right), 和 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend Chính Hòa Thông Bảo. The characters are rendered in a regularscript style within a raised inner rim that frames the square hole. The outer field is plain, bounded by a raised outer rim showing the patina and surface texture characteristic of cast zinc coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 政 寶 通 和 (Translation: Chính Hòa Thông Bảo) |
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| Reverse lettering | . ) |
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