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Thái Bình Thông Bảo - Nguyễn Phúc Trú
| Issuer | Đàng Trong |
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| Year | 1725-1738 |
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| Currency | Cash (1558-1802) |
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| Obverse lettering | 太平通寶 (Translation: Thai Binh Thong Bao) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nguyễn Phúc Trú ruled Đàng Trong as the fourth lord from 1725 until his death in 1738, presiding over a southern polity that remained technically subordinate to the Lê emperors in the north while operating in near-total autonomy. The Thái Bình Thông Bảo issues of this period reflect a zinc-heavy coinage policy driven by chronic copper shortages across both Đàng Trong and Đàng Ngoài — a problem that plagued Vietnamese minting throughout the eighteenth century. Zinc cash coins from this lordship circulated alongside Chinese imports and were frequently debased further by private casting.