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7 Tiền - Tự Đức
| Issuer | Empire of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1848-1883 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Mintage | ND (1848-1883) |
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Tự Đức reigned during one of the most turbulent periods in Vietnamese history, watching French forces seize Đà Nẵng in 1858 and progressively dismember the southern territories through the Treaties of 1862 and 1874. Gold coinage of this reign was produced at the Huế imperial mint under direct court supervision, with denominations like this seven-tiền piece functioning as instruments of court ritual and reward rather than commercial exchange — they moved as gifts, salary payments to high officials, and votive offerings.
KM#549 is among the heavier gold issues of the reign, and survivors in unimpaired condition are genuinely scarce given how few entered ordinary hands to begin with.