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1 Văn - Chính Pháp Nguyên Bảo seal script
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1414-1428 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring four Chinese seal script characters arranged in cruciform fashion around a central square hole, reading clockwise from the top: 正 (Chính), 法 (Pháp), 元 (Nguyên), 寶 (Bảo), forming the legend Chính Pháp Nguyên Bảo. The characters are boldly rendered in archaic seal script style, with clearly defined strokes rising from a flat field. A raised inner rim surrounds the square perforation, and a plain raised outer rim frames the coin. The surfaces display a verdigris and blue-grey patina consistent with age and burial. |
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| Obverse lettering | 正 寶 法 元 |
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Chính Pháp Nguyên Bảo was issued under the Ming occupation of Vietnam — a period when Chinese administrators governed the territory they called Jiaozhi after the fourth Chinese domination began in 1407. The coinage reflects direct Ming monetary policy imposed on the occupied population, not a Vietnamese imperial decision. That the script is seal style rather than the running script more common to Vietnamese-administered issues is itself a marker of the occupying bureaucracy's hand.
The occupation ended with Lê Lợi's insurgency and the expulsion of Ming forces in 1428.