Coins from the Empire of Vietnam

The Empire of Vietnam refers to several dynasties and kingdoms located in the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia throughout the empire’s history. Prior to the monarchical period, the first notable kingdoms were the short-lived Âu Lạc and Nam Việt. However, in 111 BC, both were defeated by the Han Chinese. The region would continue to be dominated by the Chinese for another one thousand years, until the collapse of the Tang Dynasty of China. Taking advantage of the disarray, commander Ngô Quyền defeated the Chinese troops in the Battle of Bạch Đằng River, proclaimed himself king, and established the Ngô dynasty. This was the beginning of the independence era of Vietnam. Following the Ngô dynasty, there would be six successive dynasties: Ngô, Đinh, Early Lê, Lý, Trần, and Hồ from 938 – 1407. One of the most notable military victories in Vietnamese history occurred in this period, where in another Battle of Bạch Đằng, the Trần army successfully repelled the Mongols, who would later conquer most of Eurasia. However, frequent wars left the Vietnamese in financial struggles, and Chinese Ming troops again invaded Vietnam for 20 years – the fourth and last Chinese domination in Vietnam. An uprising created the Later Lê dynasty, and the country was renamed to Đại Việt. Then, a warlord era between two clans Trịnh and Nguyễn effectively divided the nation into two. After a brief Tây Sơn dynasty, came the Nguyễn dynasty. It was in this era that saw the advent of foreign missionaries, bringing Westernisation. As Nguyễn kings resisted Catholicism, the French, under Napoleon III in 1858, attacked and captured parts of South Vietnam and formed a colony known as Cochinchina. Đại Việt soon became a French protectorate. This lasted until World War II, where it was briefly part of Japan. Ultimately, in a rigged post-war referendum, the final emperor Bảo Đại’s prime minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeated Bảo Đại and formed a new republic. The abdication of Bảo Đại ended the imperial rule in Vietnam that had lasted for thousands of years.
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Cash (970-1868)

Available for swap 1 Cash - Tự Đức (Thông Bảo; zinc)
ND (1848-1871)

Standard circulation coin
Zinc • 2.28 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Barker# 103.11, C# 191, KM# 378.1a, KM# 382, N# 240687
1 Cash - Tự Đức (Thông Bảo; pattern; brass)
1870

Pattern
Brass • 4.82 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Lec# 1 var., N# 321344
Available for swap 1 Cash - Đồng Khánh (Thông Bảo)
ND (1885-1888)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 2.60 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Barker# 106.3, Hartill# 25.39, Lec# 20, C# 301.1, KM# 606a, N# 11305
Available for swap 1 Cash - Bảo Đại (Thông Bảo; struck)
ND (1933)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 1.4 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Barker# 110.10, Hartill# 25.43, Lec-Indo# 29, Lec# 29, KM# 662, Y# 6, Joyaux# 707, N# 11311
Available for swap 10 Cash - Đồng Khánh (Thông Bảo)
ND (1885-1888)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 5.19 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Barker# 106.1, Lec# 21, C# 301.2, KM# 606, N# 11306
Available for swap 10 Cash - Thành Thái (Thông Bảo)
ND (1893-1907)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 4.1 g • ⌀ 24.6 mm
Barker# 107.1-8, Lec# 23, Y# 2, KM# 628, Joyaux# 403, Joyaux# 404, N# 3183
Available for swap 10 Cash - Duy Tân (Thông Bảo)
ND (1907-1916)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 3.89 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Barker# 108.1, Hartill# 25.41, Lec# 24, Y# 3, KM# 652, N# 3185
Available for swap 10 Cash - Bảo Đại (Thông Bảo)
ND (1932-1946)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 3.83 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Barker# 110.1-4, Lec# 31, Y# 7, KM# 664, Joyaux# 704, Joyaux# 705, N# 11313
2 Mạch - Tự Đức (Bảo Sao)
ND (1870-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 20.52 g
Barker# –, N# 321314
3 Mạch - Tự Đức (Bảo Sao)
ND (1870-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Brass
Barker# –, N# 321315
8 Mạch - Tự Đức (Bảo Sao)
ND (1870-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 35.40 g
Barker# –, N# 321316
9 Mạch - Tự Đức (Bảo Sao)
ND (1870-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 28.90 g
Barker# –, N# 321317
1 Quán - Tự Đức (Bảo Sao)
ND (1870-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Brass • 32.96 g
Barker# –, N# 321319

Former Le dynasty (981-1010)

Available for swap 1 Cash - Cảnh Trị (Thông Bảo; zinc)
ND (1662-1671)

Standard circulation coin
Zinc • 2.01 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Barker# –, N# 322035

Hồ dynasty - Tiền (1400-1407)

Available for swap 1 Văn - Hán Nguyên
ND (1403-1407)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.9 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Toda# 34, N# 64640

Lê dynasty - Tiền (1428-1788)

Available for swap Nguyên Hựu Thông Bảo
ND

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 21 mm
N# 342086
Available for swap 1 Văn - An Pháp Nguyên Bảo (seal script)
ND (1414-1428)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.83 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Toda# 41, Toda# 40, Toda# 42, N# 64772
Available for swap 1 Văn - An Phap
ND (1414-1428)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.3 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
Toda# 43, N# 17481
Available for swap 1 Văn - Chính Pháp Nguyên Bảo (seal script)
ND (1414-1428)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • ⌀ 22 mm
Toda# 44, Barker# 125.1, N# 377206
Available for swap 1 Văn - Trị BìnhThánh Bảo (regular script)
ND (1414-1428)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.76 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Toda# 46, Toda# 47, N# 64802
1 Văn - Nguyên Phù (imitation coinage)
ND (1600)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.3 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Toda# 257, N# 64645
1 Văn - Chinh Hòa
ND (1680-1705)

Standard circulation coin
Zinc • 2.23 g • ⌀ 23.0 mm
Barker# 65.1, N# 355433

Nguyễn dynasty - Tiền (1802-1945)

½ Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.8 g
KM# 255, Scholt I# 257, N# 16054
1 Tiền - Minh Mạng (Thông Bảo)
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.50 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 183, N# 321697
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.8 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 257, N# 61767
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold
KM# 320, Fr# 28, N# 27494
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.78 g
KM# 321, Fr# 19, N# 17596
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold
KM# 322, N# 27495
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.80 g
KM# 323, Fr# 20, N# 53520
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.81 g • ⌀ 28 mm
KM# 324, Fr# 21, N# 315151
1 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.8 g
KM# 331, Fr# 27, N# 24495
1 Tiền - Thieu Tri
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 3.7 g
KM# 515, Fr# 47, N# 49599
1 Tiền - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.7 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 403, N# 16057
1½ Tiền - Minh Mạng
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.50 g
KM# 184, N# 321699
1½ Tiền - Minh Mạng
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Gold
KM# 215, Fr# 7, N# 53519
1½ Tiền - Minh Mạng
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 5.7 g
KM# 217, N# 49598
1½ Tiền - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.2 g
KM# 420, N# 16248
1½ Tiền - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.3 g
KM# 421, N# 21099
2 Tiền - Minh Mạng
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 7.8 g
KM# 219, Fr# 8, N# 16244
2 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 7.78 g • ⌀ 29 mm
Fr# 15, N# 315152
2 Tiền - Thiệu Trị
ND (1841-1847)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 7.6 g
KM# 268, N# 296787
2 Tiền - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 7.6 g
KM# 423, N# 16249
2 Tiền - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 6.6 g
KM# 424, N# 21100
2 Tiền - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver
KM# 426, N# 53521
2 Tiền - Thành Thái
ND (1889-1907)

Non-circulating coin
Gold (.585) • 7.7 g • ⌀ 28.2 mm
Fr# 66 v, Joyaux# 423, N# 315155
¼ Lang - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.4 g
KM# 429, N# 17597
2½ Tien - Tự Đức
ND (1848-1883)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 8.9 g
KM# 525, Fr# 49, N# 27498
3 Tiền - Minh Mạng (Thông Bảo)
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 13.70 g
KM# 186, N# 321700
3 Tiền - Minh Mạng
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 11.3 g
KM# 221, Fr# 4, N# 27492
3 Tiền - Minh Mạng (Thông Bảo)
ND (1820-1841)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 13.86 g • ⌀ 32 mm
N# 321702

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