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5 Tien - Tự Đức
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1848-1883 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Four large Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading order around a central square perforation, forming the reign legend and monetary inscription. The characters read clockwise from the right: 嗣德通寶 (Tu Duc Thong Bao), identifying the emperor and the coin as current currency. Two additional characters appear in the left field, likely a mint or batch designation. The script is bold and deeply incised in relief against a flat, unadorned field, rendered in a traditional Vietnamese-Chinese calligraphic style characteristic of Nguyen dynasty cast coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | A sinuous round-faced dragon rendered in low relief, coiling around the central square perforation and filling the entire reverse field with its undulating body, claws, and elaborate tail. The dragon is depicted amid stylized clouds and scrolling foliage, executed in the decorative Vietnamese court artistic tradition of the Nguyen dynasty. The design is characteristically dense and curvilinear, with the dragon's head positioned at the top of the coin, facing downward toward the square hole. The overall composition is typical of high-denomination Nguyen dynasty silver cash coins, conveying imperial authority through the prominent dragon motif. |
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