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Obverse: Quang Trung Trong Bao in Vietnamese
Reverse: Dan Shi in Chinese = 10 Van (at 12 and 6 o'clock
position)
Boo Yon in Manchu = Yunnan province mint (at 3 and 9 o'clock
position)
Copper
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Obverse: Quang Trung Trong Bao legend of 20 Van cash coin
Reverse: plain
Diameter: 30 mm
Copper
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Obverse: Quang Trung Trong Bao
Reverse: 8 Chinese characters HA LUU THUAN QUY, NIEN COC PHONG
DANG (As rivers have invariable favourable current, as crops are
fully grown and abundant every year)
Diameter: 44 mm
Copper
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Obverse: Quang Trung Trong Bao
Reverse: 8 Chinese characters QUOC THAI DAN AN, PHONG DIEU VU
THUAN (Kingdom is prosperous, people is tranquil, wind is
temperate, rain is moderate)
Diameter: 50 mm
Copper
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- First coin rubbing - the 10-Van Quang Trung Trong Bao was not well-researched designed.
Emperor Quang Trung was the main rival of Ch'ing dynasty. He even
replaced immediately the coin Chien Lung T'ung Pao with An Nan
(Annam in Chinese on
reverse side) by his coin Quang Trung Thong Bao with Annam, right after
he swept Chien Lung's army out of Vietnam. The charm might be minted
from the same mould used for Chinese coin and the producer did not
bother to change the Manchu characters for this Quang Trung charm.
- In Tay Son dynasty, Emperors Quang Trung and Thai
Duc, except Canh Thinh, never minted large-sized coins.
- Emperor Canh Thinh, Quang Trung's son, minted large copper coin with
dragon on the reverse side.
- Production and Value: Vietnam War era.
Vietnamese Coinage
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