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1 Văn - Thien Minh
| Issuer | Đàng Trong |
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| Year | 1739-1766 |
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| Currency | Cash (1558-1802) |
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| Obverse lettering | 天明通寶 |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse featuring a central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim and a raised outer rim, with no inscriptions, symbols, or decorative elements in the field. The surface shows a uniform dark gray patina with areas of brown encrustation typical of cast zinc cash coins. The reverse is entirely unadorned, consistent with standard Vietnamese cash coinage of the eighteenth century. |
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Đàng Trong — the southern Vietnamese polity governed by the Nguyễn lords — operated in a state of permanent political fiction during this period, issuing coinage under reign titles while nominally acknowledging the Lê dynasty emperors in the north. The Thien Minh era title belongs to Nguyễn lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát, who in 1744 formally declared himself Vương and established a rival court structure at Phú Xuân, an act of de facto independence that stopped short of claiming the imperial throne outright.
Zinc cash coins from Đàng Trong are notably more susceptible to corrosion than their Chinese-influenced copper counterparts, and surviving examples in collectible condition are genuinely scarce.