Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Nguyên Hựu Thông Bảo
| Issuer | Trần Dynasty |
|---|---|
| Year | 1314-1324 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | KM#106 |
| Obverse description | Round copper cash coin with a central square perforation. Four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole reading clockwise: 元 祐 通 寶 (Nguyên Hựu Thông Bảo), denoting the reign title and denomination. The characters are rendered in standard script (kaishu) with moderate relief against a flat, unadorned field. The coin is bordered by a plain raised rim on both the inner edge of the square hole and the outer circumference. The surface displays an aged blue-green patina consistent with buried copper alloy coinage of the Trần dynasty period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 元祐通寶 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued under Emperor Trần Minh Tông, whose reign saw the Trần dynasty stabilizing after the catastrophic Mongol invasions of the late thirteenth century had disrupted Vietnamese trade and coinage production entirely. The cash coin format followed Chinese precedent closely, as Vietnamese rulers consistently modeled their currency systems on Song and Yuan prototypes while maintaining distinct reign titles.
At 1.7g, these struck light even by Vietnamese cash standards of the period — likely reflecting copper supply constraints rather than debasement policy.