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| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1841-1847 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Chữ Nôm/Hán) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Thiệu Trị ruled for just six years before dying in 1847, and his coinage reflects a reign too short to produce the volume seen under his father Minh Mạng. The Nguyễn dynasty's cash and ingot-style silver pieces were produced at the Board of Revenue mint in Huế, where output was tightly controlled by imperial decree rather than market demand.
KM#281 is among the scarcer Nguyễn silver issues by surviving population. French colonial monetization after 1862 systematically displaced indigenous Vietnamese silver, and much was melted.