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10 Cash - Đồng Khánh Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1885-1888 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse lettering | 同慶通寶 (Translation: Đồng Khánh Thông Bảo / Đồng Khánh (Emperor) Universal Currency) |
| Reverse description | Plain, uniface reverse featuring a central square perforation aligned with the obverse, surrounded by concentric inner and outer raised rims with a flat, unadorned field between them. No inscriptions, mintmarks, or decorative devices are present. The surface shows the characteristic granular texture associated with sand-cast Vietnamese cash coins of the late Nguyễn period. |
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Đồng Khánh was installed on the throne in 1885 by the French following their forced exile of his predecessor Hàm Nghi, making him — in the eyes of many Vietnamese — a collaborationist emperor ruling at French sufferance. His reign lasted barely three years before his death in 1889. The cash coins issued under his name were produced in the traditional square-holed format that Vietnamese mints had maintained for centuries, but the political circumstances of his reign meant output was limited and the series never achieved the volume of longer-lived reigns.