| T.D.Luc November 08, 1998 |
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Obverse: Vietnamese Thai Binh Hung Bao
Left coin Reverse:  Dinh (dynasty name) below
the holeRight coin Reverse: above the hole
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After the victory over the twelve self-appointed governors ruling
chaotic Annam and the Later Ngo kings, Dinh Bo Linh proclaimed himself
Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang, established his capital at Hoa
Lu and renamed the country to the Dai Co Viet in the year of 968. He was the first Emperor
casted Vietnamese coins Thai Binh Hung Bao in Vietnam history and opened
an independent era from China for Vietnam. The round copper coin had 4 Chinese characters Dai Binh Hung Bao with a squared hole. In ancient time, the characters THAI (great)
or  DAI (big) had
the similar meaning. The average diameter of such coins was about 23.87 mm and average weight was about 2.3 gram. On the reverse side of the coin there was a character DINH either above or below the hole. We could find
some coins with the hook of character DINH toward the right side, instead
of the normal left side. Also there were Thai Binh Hung Bao with a
plain reverse. The author of the book Vietnamese Historical Currency
published by Yunnan and GuangXi Numismatic Society in 1993 thought that
the ones with plain reverse were cast by Emperor Le Dai Hanh (980-1005) in the
first year of the Le dynasty.
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