Vietnamese cash

Vietnamese cash (Chinese: 文錢 văn tiền; chữ Nôm: 銅錢 đồng tiền; French: sapèque)[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] is a cast round coin with a square hole that was an official currency of Vietnam from the Đinh dynasty in 970 until the Nguyễn dynasty in 1945, and remained in circulation in North Vietnam until 1948. The same type of currency circulated in China, Japan, Korea, and Ryūkyū for centuries. Though the majority of Vietnamese cash coins throughout history were copper coins, lead, iron (from 1528) and zinc (from 1740) coins also circulated alongside them often at fluctuating rates (with 1 copper cash being worth 10 zinc cash in 1882).[7] The reason why coins made from metals of lower intrinsic value were introduced was because of various superstitions involving Vietnamese people burying cash coins, as the problem of people burying cash coins became too much for the government as almost all coins issued by government mints tended to be buried mere months after they had entered circulation, the Vietnamese government began issuing coins made from an alloy of zinc, lead, and tin. As these cash coins tended to be very fragile they would decompose faster if buried which caused the Vietnamese people to stop burying their coins.[8][9]

For modern Vietnamese currency, see Vietnamese đồng.

For the currency unit based on these cash coins, see Vietnamese văn (currency unit).

Vietnamese cash
Hán-Việt: 文 (Văn) Chữ Nôm: 銅 (Đồng) French: Sapèque
First and last Vietnamese cash coins: Thái Bình Hưng Bảo (太平興寶) issued during the Đinh dynasty. Bảo Đại Thông Bảo (保大通寶) issued under Bảo Đại (1925–1945).
Denominations
Superunit
10	Phân (分)
36–60	Mạch (陌) / Tiền (錢)
360–600	Quán (貫) / Nguyên (元)[1][2][3]
20	Đồng (銅) In the Democratic Republic of Vietnam between 1947 and 1948, making them equal to 5 xu (樞).
Demographics
Date of introduction	970
User(s)	Vietnam,  French Indochina (until 1945),  North Vietnam (until 1948)
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

Currency units

Main articles: Vietnamese văn (currency unit), Tiền, Vietnamese mạch, and String of cash coins (currency unit)

Traditionally, the basic units of Vietnamese currency were quan (貫, quán), tiền, and đồng. One quan was 10 tiền, and one tiền was between 50 and 100 đồng, depending on the time period. From the reign of Emperor Trần Thái Tông onward, 1 tiền was 69 đồng in ordinary commercial transactions but 1 tiền was 70 đồng for official transactions. From the reign of Emperor Lê Lợi, 1 tiền was decreed to be 50 đồng. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Vietnam period, beginning in 1528, coins were reduced from 24 millimetres (0.94 in) to 23 millimetres (0.91 in) in diameter and diluted with zinc and iron. The smaller coinage was called tiền gián or sử tiền, in contrast to the larger tiền quý (literally, "valuable cash") or cổ tiền. One quan tiền quý was equivalent to 600 đồng, while 1 quan tiền gián was only 360 đồng.[10] During the Later Lê Dynasty, 1 tiền was 60 đồng; therefore, 600 đồng was 1 quan. During the Yuan Dynasty, Vietnamese traders at the border with China used the rate 1 tiền to 67 đồng. Zinc coins began to appear in Dai Viet during the 18th century. One copper (đồng) coin was worth 3 zinc (kẽm) coins. Beginning with the reign of Emperor Gia Long, both copper and zinc coins were in use. Originally the two coins had equal value, but eventually a copper coin rose to double the worth of a zinc coin, then triple, then sixfold, until the reign of Emperor Thành Thái, it was worth ten times a zinc coin.

History

Various Lý dynasty cash coins on display at the National Museum of Vietnamese History, Hanoi.

Đinh and Early Lê dynasties

See also: Thái Bình Hưng Bảo

The first Vietnamese coins were cast under the rule of the Đinh Dynasty (968–981) with the introduction of the Thái Bình Hưng Bảo (太平興寶) under Đinh Bộ Lĩnh.[11] Though for the next 2 centuries coins would remain a rarity in the daily lives of the common people as barter would remain the dominant means of exchange under both the Đinh and Early Lê dynasties.[12]

Lý dynasty

Generally cast coins produced by the Vietnamese from the reign of Lý Thái Tông and onwards were of diminutive quality compared to the Chinese variants,[13] they were often produced with inferior metallic compositions and made to be thinner and lighter than the Chinese wén due to a severe lack of copper that existed during the Lý dynasty.[14] This inspired Chinese traders to recast Chinese coins for export to Vietnam which caused an abundance of coinage to circulate in the country prompting the Lý government to suspend the mintage of coins for 5 decades.[14]

Trần dynasty

The production of inferior coinage continued under the Trần dynasty.[15] It was under the reign of Trần Dụ Tông that the most cash coins were cast of this period, this was because of several calamities such as failed crops that plagued the country during his reign that caused the Trần government to issue more coins to the populace as compensation.[15] The internal political struggles of the Trần ensured the cessation of the production of coinage and as such no coins were produced during the entire reigns of the last 7 monarchs of the Trần dynasty.[15]

Hồ dynasty

A Đại Trần Thông Bảo Hội Sao (大陳通寶會鈔) banknote of 1 mân (緡).

During the Hồ dynasty the usage of coins was banned by Hồ Quý Ly in 1396 in favour of the Thông Bảo Hội Sao (通寶會鈔) banknote series and ordered people to exchange their coinage for these banknotes (with an exchange rate of 1 Quân of copper coins for 2 Thông Bảo Hội Sao banknotes),[16] those who denied to exchange or continued to pay with coins would be executed and have their possessions taken by the government. Despite these harsh laws very few people actually preferred paper money and coins remained widespread in circulation forcing the Hồ dynasty to retract their policies.[17][18][19] The Thông Bảo Hội Sao banknotes of the Hồ dynasty featured designs with seaweed, patterns of waves, clouds, and turtles on them.[20] Under the Hồ dynasty Thánh Nguyên Thông Bảo (聖元通寶), and Thiệu Nguyên Thông Bảo (紹元通寶) but they would only be manufactured in small numbers, though the Later Lê dynasty would produce coins with the same inscriptions less than half a century later in larger quantities.[21][22]

Later Lê, Mạc, and Revival Lê dynasties

After Lê Thái Tổ came to power in 1428 by ousting out the Ming dynasty ending the Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam, Lê Thái Tổ enacted new policies to improve the quality of the manufacturing of coinage leading to the production of coins with both excellent craftsmanship and metal compositions that rivaled that of the best contemporary Chinese coinage.[23]

Between 1633 and 1637 the Dutch East India Company sold 105,835 strings of 960 cash coins (or 101,600,640 văn) to the Nguyễn lords in Vĩnh Lạc Thông Bảo (永樂通寶), and Khoan Vĩnh Thông Bảo (寬永通寶) coins. This was because the Japanese had restricted trade forcing the Southern Vietnamese traders to purchase its copper coins from the Dutch Republic rather than from Japanese merchants as had happened earlier. This trade lead to a surplus of copper in the territory of the Nguyễn lords allowing them to use the metal (which at the time was scarce in the north) for more practical applications such as nails and door hinges.[24][25][26] After this Nagasaki trade coins which were specifically minted for the Vietnamese market, also started being traded and to circulate in the northern parts of Vietnam where the smaller coins would often be melted down for utensils and only circulated in Hanoi while larger Nagasaki trade coins circulated all over Vietnam.

From the Dương Hòa era (1635–1643) under Lê Thần Tông until 1675 no coins were cast due to the political turmoil, at the turn of the 18th century Lê Dụ Tông opened a lot of copper mines and renewed the production of high quality coinage. From 1719 the production of cast copper coins had ceased for 2 decades and taxes were more heavily lifted on the Chinese population as Mandarins could receive a promotion in rank for every 600 strings of cash (or 600,000 coins). Under Lê Hiển Tông a large variety of "Cảnh Hưng" (景興) coins were cast with varying descriptions on the obverse,[27] in fact it is thought that more variations of the "Cảnh Hưng" coin exist than of any other Oriental cash coin in history.[28] And there were new large Cảnh Hưng coins with denominations of 50 and 100 văn introduced. And from 1740 various provincial mint marks were added on the reverses of coins. Currently there are around 80 known different kinds of "Cảnh Hưng" coins, the reason for this diversity is because the Lê government was in dire need for coins to pay for its expenditures, while it needed to collect more taxes in coins so it began to mint a lot of coins, later to fulfill this need the Lê legalised the previously detrimental workshops that were minting inferior coins in 1760 in order to meet the market's high demand for coinage, this backfired as the people found the huge variety in quality and quantity confusing.[29]

Tây Sơn dynasty

Under Nguyễn Nhạc the description of Thất Phân (七分) was first added to the reverses of some coins indicating their weight, this continued under the Nguyễn dynasty.[30] Under the reign of Nguyễn Huệ Quang Trung Thông Bảo (光中通寶) cash coins were produced made in two different types of metal, one series of copper and one series of tin, as well as alloys between the two or copper coins of red copper.[30]

Nguyễn dynasty

Pre-colonial era

Main articles: Tự Đức Thông Bảo and Tự Đức Bảo Sao

Under Gia Long three kinds of cash coins were produced in smaller denominations made of copper, lead, and zinc.[31] From 1837 under the reign of Minh Mạng 1 Mạch (陌) brass cash coins were issued, these cash coins feature Minh Mạng Thông Bảo (明命通寶) on their obverses but have 8 characters on their reverses. 1 Mạch coins would be continued under subsequent rulers of the Nguyễn dynasty.[31]

Copper-alloy and zinc cash coins issued under the reign of the Gia Long Emperor.

"Tự Đức Thông Bảo" (嗣德通寶) coins of varying denominations, on display at the Museum of Vietnamese History, Ho Chi Minh City.

Since the reign of Gia Long zinc coins had replaced the usage of copper and brass coins and formed the basis of the Vietnamese currency system.[31] Under Gia Long the standard 1 văn denomination coins weighed 7 phần, under Minh Mạng 6 phần (approximately 2,28 Grams) which would remain the standard for future rulers.[31] Zinc cash coins produced in Hanoi under Tự Đức had the mint mark "Hà Nội" (何內) on them, with there being another mint in Sơn Tây (山西).[32]

However, in 1871 the production of zinc cash coins stopped as many mines were being blocked by Chinese pirates, and the continued production of these coins would be too expensive.[31] Other reasons for the discontinuation of zinc cash coins despite them being indispensable to the general populace was because they were heavy compared to its nominal value and the metal is quite brittle.[31] To the French zinc coinage also presented a huge in inconvenience since their colonisation of Cochinchina in 1859 as the exchange between French francs and zinc văn meant that a large amount of zinc coins were exchanged for the French franc.[31] Zinc cash coins often broke during transportation as the strings that kept them together would often snap the coins would fall on the ground and a great number of them would break into pieces, and these coins were also less resistant to oxidation causing them to corrode faster than other coinages.[31]

"Another serious disadvantage consisted in the total absence of token coinages other than the inconvenient sapèque one of zinc: one needed an artillery van to go exchange 1,000 francs in ligatures for the one sapèques, since it had the weight of a barrel and half.... and at the market, the chicken weighed some times less than its price in currency."

- J. Silvestre, Monnaies et de Médailles de l'Annam et de la Cochinchine Française (1883).

Prior to 1849 brass coins had become an extreme rarity and only circulated in the provinces surrounding the capital cities of Vietnam, but under Tự Đức new regulations and (uniform) standards for copper cash coins were created to help promote their usage.[31] Between 1868 and 1872 brass coins were only around 50% copper, and 50% zinc.[31] Due to the natural scarcity of copper in Vietnam the country always lacked the resources to produce sufficient copper coinage for circulation.[31]

Under Tự Đức large coins with the denomination of 60 văn were introduced, these coins were ordered to circulate at a value of 1 tiền, but their intrinsic value was significantly lower so they were badly received and the production of these coins was quickly discontinued in favour of 20, 30, 40, and 50 văn coins known as Đồng Sao. In 1870 Tự Đức Bảo Sao cash coins of 2, 3, 8, and 9 Mạch were issued.[31] Large denomination coins were mostly used for tax collection as their relatively low intrinsic value lowered their spending power on the market.[33][34]

List of large denomination cash coins issued under Emperor Tự Đức:[35][36]

Denomination	Hán tự (reverse inscription)	Years of mintage	Weight	Toda image	Image
10 văn	準十文	1861	5.66 g.	None
10 văn	準文一十	1870	5.66 g.	None
20 văn	準文二十	1861–1870	11.33 g.	None
30 văn	準文三十	1861–1870		None
40 văn	準文四十	1870	12.20 g.	None
50 văn	準文五十	1861	23.40 g.
50 văn	準文五十	1870	12.75 g.
60 văn	準文六十	1870	12.20 g.
2 mạch (120 văn)	準當二陌	1870	20.52 g.	None
3 mạch (180 văn)	準當三陌	1870		None
8 mạch (480 văn)	準當八陌	1870		None
9 mạch (540 văn)	準當九陌	1870	28.03 g.	None
1 quán	準當一貫	1870	32.96 g.	None

In 1882 at the time when Toda's Annam and its minor currency was published only 2 government mints remained in operation, one in Hanoi, and one in Huế.[7] Though private mints were allowed to cast cash coins with the permission of the government, and a large number of cash coins were also imported from abroad as at that time the Portuguese colony of Macau had 6 mints with 12 furnaces producing 600,000 cash coins for Vietnam on a daily basis.[7]

Cash coins circulated in the 19th century along with silver and gold bars, as well as silver and gold coins known as tiền.[31] Denominations up to 10 tiền were minted, with the 7 tiền coins in gold and silver being similar in size and weight to the Spanish 8 real and 8 escudo pieces.[31] These coins continued to be minted into the 20th century, albeit increasingly supplanted by French colonial coinage.[31]

Under French rule

Main articles: Cochinchina piastre, French Indochinese piastre, Khải Định Thông Bảo, and Bảo Đại Thông Bảo

After the introduction of modern coinage by the French in 1878, cash coins remained in general circulation in French Cochinchina.[37] Despite the later introduction of the French Indochinese piastre, zinc and copper-alloy cash coins would continue to circulate among the Vietnamese populace throughout the country as the primary form of coinage as the majority of the population lived in extreme poverty until 1945 (and 1948 in some areas) and were valued at the rates of about 500–600 cash coins for one piastre.[38] The need for coins was only a minor part in the lives of most Vietnamese people at the time as barter remained more common as all coins were bartered on the market according to their current intrinsic values.[38]

Initially the French attempted to supplement cash coins in circulation by punching round holes into French 1 centime coins and shipping a large amount of them to French Cochinchina, but these coins did not see much circulation and the Cochinchinese people largely rejected them.[39]

On 7 April & 22 April 1879 the governor of French Cochinchina had decreed that the new designs for coins with "Cochinchine Française" on them would be accepted with the denominations 2 sapèques (cash coins), 1 cent, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, and the piastre.[40] All coins except for the piastre was allowed to be issued, which allowed for Spanish dollars and Mexican reals to continue circulating.[40] The Paris Mint produced the new machine-struck 2 sapèques "Cochinchine Française" cash coins.[40] These French produced bronze cash coins weighed 2 grams were valued at ​¹⁄₅₀₀ piastre, they saw considerably more circulation than the previous French attempt at creating cash coins, but were still largely disliked by the Cochinchinese people.[40] The local population still preferred their own Tự Đức Thông Bảo (嗣德通寶) cash coin despite it being only valued at ​¹⁄₁₀₀₀ piastre.[40]

Following the establishment of French Indochina, a new version of the French 2 sapèques was produced from 1887 to 1902 which was also valued at ​¹⁄₅₀₀ piastre and were likely forced on the Vietnamese people when they were paid for their goods and/or services by the French as the preference still was for indigenous cash coins.[40]

Under French administration the Nguyễn government issued the Kiến Phúc Thông Bảo (建福通寶), Hàm Nghi Thông Bảo (咸宜通寶), Đồng Khánh Thông Bảo (同慶通寶), Thành Thái Thông Bảo (成泰通寶), Duy Tân Thông Bảo (維新通寶) cash coins of different metal compositions and weights.[41] Each of these cash coins had their own value against the French Indochinese piastre.[41] Because the exchange values between the native cash coins and silver piasters were confusing, the local Vietnamese people were often cheated by the money changers during this period.[41]

On 1 August 1898 it was reported in the Bulletin Economique De L’Indo-Chine article; Le Monnaie De L’Annam that the Huế Mint was closed in the year 1887, and in the year 1894, the casting of cash coins had started at the Thanh Hóa Mint.[41] Between the years 1889 and 1890 the Huế Mint produced 1321 strings of 600 small brass Thành Thái Thông Bảo cash coins.[42] These small brass cash coins were valued at 6 zinc cash coins.[42] In the year 1893, large brass Thành Thái Thông Bảo cash coins with a denomination of 10 văn (十文, thập văn), or 10 zinc cash coins, started being produced by the Huế Mint.[42] The production of Thành Thái Thông Bảo cash coins were resumed at the Thanh Hóa Mint between the years 1894 and 1899.[42] Under Emperor Thành Thái gold and silver coinages were also produced.[42]

In the year 1902 the French ceased production of machine-struck cash coins at the Paris Mint and completely deferred the production of cash coins back to the government of the Nguyễn dynasty.[41] There were people in Hanoi and Saigon that still preferred the French machine-struck cash coins, so a committee was set up in Hanoi that created a machine-struck zinc cash coin valued at ​¹⁄₆₀₀ piastre dated 1905 but issued in 1906.[41] However, this series of cash coins wasn't well received by the either the local or the French population as the coins were brittle, prone to corrosion, and easily broke so their production was quickly halted.[41]

The last monarch whose name was cast on cash coins, Emperor Bảo Đại, died in 1997.

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

After the Democratic Republic of Vietnam declared their independence in 1945 they began issuing their own money, but cash coins continued to circulate in the remote areas of Bắc Bộ and Trung Bộ where there was a lack of xu, hào, and đồng coins for the population. The Democratic Republic of Viet Nam Decree 51/SL of January 6, 1947 officially set the exchange rate at 20 Vietnamese cash coins for 1 North Vietnamese đồng making them equal to 5 xu each. Vietnamese cash coins continued to officially circulate in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam until April 13, 1948.[39]

Aftermath

See also: Vietnamese numismatic charm and Cash coins in art

During the Vietnam War a large number or Vietnamese numismatic charms with both authentic as well as fantasy coin inscriptions were produced in South Vietnam to be sold to foreigners interested in collecting Vietnamese antiques.[43] These fantasy inscriptions included legends like Quang Trung Trọng Bảo (光中重寶),[44] Hàm Nghi Trọng Bảo (咸宜重寶),[45] and Khải Định Trọng Bảo (啓定重寶),[46] the latter of which being based on the Khải Định Thông Bảo (啓定通寶).

List of Vietnamese cash coins

Most Vietnamese cash coins tend to be read top-botton-right-left, but variants exist where the characters are read clockwise.

The various cash coins of the Nguyễn dynasty (1802–1945).

During the almost 1000 years that Vietnamese copper cash coins were produced, they often significantly changed quality, alloy, size, and workmanship. In general, the coins bear the era name(s) of the monarch (Niên hiệu/年號) but may also be inscribed with mint marks, denominations, miscellaneous characters, and decorations.

Unlike Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Ryūkyūan cash coins that always have the inscription in only one typeface, Vietnamese cash coins tend to be more idiosyncratic bearing sometimes Regular script, Seal script, and even Running script on the same coins for different characters, and it's not uncommon for one coin to be cast almost entirely in one typeface but has an odd character in another. Though early Vietnamese coins often bore the calligraphic style of the Chinese Khai Nguyên Thông Bảo (開元通寶) coin, especially those from the Đinh until the Trần dynasties.[47]

The following coins were produced to circulate in Vietnam:

Orange text indicates that the cash coin has been mentioned by historical sources but that no modern authentic specimen has ever been recovered.

Green text indicates that this cash coin has been recovered in modern times but is not mentioned in any historical chronicles.

Blue text indicates that the cash coin has its own article on Wikipedia.[lower-alpha 3]

(中) indicates that there exists a Chinese, Khitan, Tangut, Jurchen, Mongol, and/or Manchu cash coin (including rebel coinages) with the same legend as the Vietnamese cash coin.
Further reading: List of Chinese cash coins by inscription.

Fuchsia text = Indicates that this is a misattributed cash coin (these cash coins were noted by historical sources or standard catalogues but later turned out to be misattributed).

Gold text Indicates that this is a fake or fantasy referenced by Eduardo Toda y Güell in his Annam and its Minor Currency (pdf), the possible existence of these cash coins have not been verified by any later works.

Inscription (chữ Quốc ngữ)	Inscription (Hán tự)	Years of mintage	Dynasty	Monarch(s)	Toda image	Image
Thái Bình Hưng Bảo[lower-alpha 4]	太平興寶	970–979	Đinh (丁)	Đinh Tiên Hoàng (丁先皇) Đinh Phế Đế (丁廢帝)
Thiên Phúc Trấn Bảo	天福鎮寶	986	Early Lê (前黎)	Lê Hoàn (黎桓)
Lê	黎	986	Early Lê (前黎)	Lê Hoàn (黎桓)		None
Thuận Thiên Đại Bảo	順天大寶	1010–1028	Lý (李)	Lý Thái Tổ (李太祖)
Càn Phù Nguyên Bảo	乾符元寶	1039–1041	Lý (李)	Lý Thái Tông (李太宗)
Minh Đạo Nguyên Bảo (中)	明道元寶	1042–1043	Lý (李)	Lý Thái Tông (李太宗)	None
Thiên Phù Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 5]	天符通寶	1120–1127	Lý (李)	Lý Nhân Tông (李仁宗)	None
Thiên Phù Nguyên Bảo[lower-alpha 6]	天符元寶	1120–1127	Lý (李)	Lý Nhân Tông (李仁宗)		None
Đại Định Thông Bảo (中)	大定通寶	1140–1162	Lý (李)	Lý Anh Tông (李英宗)
Thiên Cảm Thông Bảo	天感通寶	1044–1048	Lý (李)	Lý Anh Tông (李英宗)		None
Thiên Cảm Nguyên Bảo	天感元寶	1174–1175	Lý (李)	Lý Anh Tông (李英宗)	None
Chính Long Nguyên Bảo	正隆元寶	1174–1175	Lý (李)	Lý Anh Tông (李英宗)	None
Thiên Tư Thông Bảo	天資通寶	1202–1204	Lý (李)	Lý Cao Tông (李高宗)		None
Thiên Tư Nguyên Bảo	天資元寶	1202–1204	Lý (李)	Lý Cao Tông (李高宗)	None
Trị Bình Thông Bảo (中)[lower-alpha 7]	治平通寶	1205–1210	Lý (李)	Lý Cao Tông (李高宗)		None
Trị Bình Nguyên Bảo	治平元寶	1205–1210	Lý (李)	Lý Cao Tông (李高宗)
Hàm Bình Nguyên Bảo[48] (中)[lower-alpha 8]	咸平元寶	1205–1210	Lý (李)	Lý Cao Tông (李高宗)	None
Kiến Trung Thông Bảo (中)	建中通寶	1225–1237	Trần (陳)	Trần Thái Tông (陳太宗)	None
Trần Nguyên Thông Bảo	陳元通寶	1225–1237	Trần (陳)	Trần Thái Tông (陳太宗)	None
Chính Bình Thông Bảo	政平通寶	1238–1350	Trần (陳)	Trần Thái Tông (陳太宗)	None
Nguyên Phong Thông Bảo (中)	元豐通寶	1251–1258	Trần (陳)	Trần Thái Tông (陳太宗)
Thiệu Long Thông Bảo	紹隆通寶	1258–1272	Trần (陳)	Trần Thánh Tông (陳聖宗)	None
Hoàng Trần Thông Bảo	皇陳通寶	1258–1278	Trần (陳)	Trần Thánh Tông (陳聖宗)	None
Hoàng Trần Nguyên Bảo	皇陳元寶	1258–1278	Trần (陳)	Trần Thánh Tông (陳聖宗)	None
Khai Thái Nguyên Bảo	開太元寶	1324–1329	Trần (陳)	Trần Minh Tông (陳明宗)	None
Thiệu Phong Bình Bảo	紹豐平寶	1341–1357	Trần (陳)	Trần Dụ Tông (陳裕宗)
Thiệu Phong Nguyên Bảo	紹豐元寶	1341–1357	Trần (陳)	Trần Dụ Tông (陳裕宗)
Đại Trị Thông Bảo	大治通寶	1358–1369	Trần (陳)	Trần Dụ Tông (陳裕宗)
Đại Trị Nguyên Bảo	大治元寶	1358–1369	Trần (陳)	Trần Dụ Tông (陳裕宗)
Cảm Thiệu Nguyên Bảo	感紹元寶	1368–1370	Trần (陳)	Hôn Đức Công (昏德公)
Cảm Thiệu Nguyên Bảo	感紹元宝	1368–1370	Trần (陳)	Hôn Đức Công (昏德公)
Đại Định Thông Bảo (中)	大定通寶	1368–1370	Trần (陳)	Hôn Đức Công (昏德公)	None
Thiệu Khánh Thông Bảo	紹慶通寶	1370–1372	Trần (陳)	Trần Nghệ Tông (陳藝宗)	None
Xương Phù Thông Bảo	昌符通寶	1377–1388	Trần (陳)	Trần Phế Đế (陳廢帝)	None
Hi Nguyên Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 9]	熙元通寶	1381–1382	None	Nguyễn Hi Nguyên (阮熙元)
Thiên Thánh Nguyên Bảo	天聖元寶	1391–1392	None	Sử Thiên Thánh (使天聖)
Thánh Nguyên Thông Bảo	聖元通寶	1400	Hồ (胡)	Hồ Quý Ly (胡季犛)
Thiệu Nguyên Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 10]	紹元通寶	1401–1402	Hồ (胡)	Hồ Hán Thương (胡漢蒼)
Hán Nguyên Thông Bảo (中)[lower-alpha 11]	漢元通寶	1401–1407	Hồ (胡)	Hồ Hán Thương (胡漢蒼)
Hán Nguyên Thánh Bảo	漢元聖寶	1401–1407	Hồ (胡)	Hồ Hán Thương (胡漢蒼)
Thiên Bình Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 12]	天平通寶	1405–1406	None	Thiên Bình (天平)
Vĩnh Ninh Thông Bảo	永寧通寶	1420	None	Lộc Bình Vương (羅平王)
Giao Chỉ Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 13]	交趾通寶	1419	Minh (明)	Vĩnh Lạc Emperor (永樂帝)		None
Vĩnh Thiên Thông Bảo	永天通寶	1420	None	Lê Ngạ (黎餓)
Thiên Khánh Thông Bảo (中)	天慶通寶	1426–1428	Later Trần (後陳)	Thiên Khánh Đế (天慶帝)	None
An Pháp Nguyên Bảo	安法元寶	Rebellion[lower-alpha 14]	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Lợi (黎利)
Chánh Pháp Nguyên Bảo[lower-alpha 15]	正法元寶	Rebellion	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Lợi (黎利)
Trị Thánh Nguyên Bảo[lower-alpha 16]	治聖元寶	Rebellion	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Lợi (黎利)
Trị Thánh Bình Bảo[lower-alpha 17]	治聖平寶	Rebellion	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Lợi (黎利)
Thái Pháp Bình Bảo	太法平寶	Rebellion	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Lợi (黎利)		None
Thánh Quan Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 18]	聖宮通寶	Rebellion	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Lợi (黎利)
Thuận Thiên Thông Bảo	順天通寶	1428–1433	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖)	None
Thuận Thiên Nguyên Bảo (中)	順天元寶	1428–1433	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖)
Thiệu Bình Thông Bảo	紹平通寶	1434–1440	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Thái Tông (黎太宗)
Đại Bảo Thông Bảo	大寶通寶	1440–1442	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Thái Tông (黎太宗)
Thái Hòa Thông Bảo[lower-alpha 19]	太和通寶	1443–1453	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Nhân Tông (黎仁宗)
Diên Ninh Thông Bảo	延寧通寶	1454–1459	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Nhân Tông (黎仁宗)
Thiên Hưng Thông Bảo	天興通寶	1459–1460	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Nghi Dân (黎宜民)
Quang Thuận Thông Bảo	光順通寶	1460–1469	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗)
Hồng Đức Thông Bảo	洪德通寶	1470–1497	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗)
Cảnh Thống Thông Bảo	景統通寶	1497–1504	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Hiến Tông (黎憲宗)
Đoan Khánh Thông Bảo	端慶通寶	1505–1509	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Uy Mục (黎威穆)
Giao Trị Thông Bảo	交治通寶	1509	None	Cẩm Giang Vương (錦江王)
Thái Bình Thông Bảo	太平通寶	1509	None	Cẩm Giang Vương (錦江王)
Thái Bình Thánh Bảo	太平聖寶	1509	None	Cẩm Giang Vương (錦江王)
Hồng Thuận Thông Bảo	洪順通寶	1510–1516	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Tương Dực (黎襄翼)
Trần Tuân Công Bảo	陳新公寶	1511–1512	None	Trần Tuân (陳珣)
Quang Thiệu Thông Bảo	光紹通寶	1516–1522	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Chiêu Tông (黎昭宗)
Trần Công Tân Bảo	陳公新寶	1516–1521	None	Trần Cao (陳暠)	None
Thiên Ứng Thông Bảo	天應通寶	1516–1521	None	Trần Cao (陳暠)
Phật Pháp Tăng Bảo	佛法僧寶	1516–1521	None	Trần Cao (陳暠)	None
Tuyên Hựu Hòa Bảo	宣祐和寶	1516–1521	None	Trần Cao (陳暠)	None
Thống Nguyên Thông Bảo	統元通寶	1522–1527	Later Lê (後黎)	Lê Cung Hoàng (黎恭皇)
Minh Đức Thông Bảo	明德通寶	1527–1530	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Thái Tổ (莫太祖)
Minh Đức Nguyên Bảo	明德元寶	1527–1530	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Thái Tổ (莫太祖)
Đại Chính Thông Bảo	大正通寶	1530–1540	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Thái Tông (莫太宗)
Quang Thiệu Thông Bảo	光紹通寶	1531–1532	None	Quang Thiệu Emperor (光紹帝)
Nguyên Hòa Thông Bảo	元和通寶	1533–1548	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Trang Tông (黎莊宗)
Quảng Hòa Thông Bảo	廣和通寶	1541–1546	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Hiến Tông (莫憲宗)
Vĩnh Định Thông Bảo	永定通寶	1547	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Tuyên Tông (莫宣宗)
Vĩnh Định Chí Bảo	永定之寶	1547	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Tuyên Tông (莫宣宗)
Quang Bảo Thông Bảo	光寶通寶	1554–1561	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Tuyên Tông (莫宣宗)	None
Thái Bình Thông Bảo (中)	太平通寶	1558–1613	Nguyễn lords (阮主)	Nguyễn Hoàng (阮潢)	None
Thái Bình Phong Bảo	太平豐寶	1558–1613	Nguyễn lords (阮主)	Nguyễn Hoàng (阮潢)	None
Bình An Thông Bảo	平安通寶	1572–1623	Trịnh lords (鄭主)	Trịnh Tùng (鄭松)	None
Gia Thái Thông Bảo (中)[49]	嘉泰通寶	1573–1599	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Thế Tông (黎世宗)	None
Càn Thống Nguyên Bảo	乾統元寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)[lower-alpha 20]	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)	None
An Pháp Nguyên Bảo	安法元寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)	None
Thái Bình Thông Bảo (中)	太平通寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)	None
Thái Bình Thánh Bảo	太平聖寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)	None
Thái Bình Pháp Bảo	太平法寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)[50][51]	None
Khai Kiến Thông Bảo	開建通寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)
Sùng Minh Thông Bảo	崇明通寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)
Chính Nguyên Thông Bảo	正元通寶	1593–1625	Mạc (莫)	Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭)	None
Vĩnh Thọ Thông Bảo	永壽通寶	1658–1661	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Thần Tông (黎神宗)
Tường Phù Nguyên Bảo[lower-alpha 21] (中)	祥符元寶	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None
Trị Bình Thông Bảo (中)	治平通寶	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None	None
Trị Bình Nguyên Bảo (中)[54]	治平元寶	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None
Nguyên Phong Thông Bảo (中)	元豊通寳	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None
Hi Ninh Nguyên Bảo (中)	熈寧元寳	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None
Thiệu Thánh Nguyên Bảo (中)	紹聖元寳	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None
Gia Hựu Thông Bảo (中)	嘉祐通寳	1659–1685	Đức Xuyên (徳川)	Đức Xuyên Gia Cương (徳川 家綱)	None
Vĩnh Trị Thông Bảo	永治通寶	1678–1680	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hi Tông (黎熙宗)
Vĩnh Trị Nguyên Bảo	永治元寶	1678–1680	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hi Tông (黎熙宗)	None
Vĩnh Trị Chí Bảo	永治至寶	1678–1680	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hi Tông (黎熙宗)	None
Chính Hòa Thông Bảo	正和通寶	1680–1705	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hi Tông (黎熙宗)
Chính Hòa Nguyên Bảo	正和元寶	1680–1705	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hi Tông (黎熙宗)	None
Vĩnh Thịnh Thông Bảo	永聖通寶	1706–1719	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Dụ Tông (黎裕宗)
Bảo Thái Thông Bảo	保泰通寶	1720–1729	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Dụ Tông (黎裕宗)
Thiên Minh Thông Bảo	天明通寶	1738–1765	Nguyễn lords (阮主)	Nguyễn Phúc Khoát (阮福濶)
Ninh Dân Thông Bảo[55][56][57][58]	寧民通宝[lower-alpha 22]	1739–1741	None	Nguyễn Tuyển (阮選), Nguyễn Cừ (阮蘧), and Nguyễn Diên (阮筵)[lower-alpha 23]
Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo	景興通寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Thông Bảo[59]	景興通宝	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Trung Bảo	景興中寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Trung Bảo[60]	景興中宝	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Chí Bảo[61]	景興至寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Vĩnh Bảo	景興永寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Đại Bảo	景興大寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Thái Bảo	景興太寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Cự Bảo[62]	景興巨寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Cự Bảo	景興巨宝	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Trọng Bảo	景興重寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Tuyền Bảo	景興泉寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Thuận Bảo	景興順寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Nội Bảo	景興內寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Nội Bảo	景興內宝	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Dụng Bảo	景興用寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Dụng Bảo[63]	景興踊寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)	None
Cảnh Hưng Lai Bảo	景興來寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)	None
Cảnh Hưng Thận Bảo	景興慎寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)	None
Cảnh Hưng Thọ Trường	景興壽長	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)	None
Cảnh Hưng Chính Bảo[64]	景興正寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Anh Bảo	景興英寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)	None
Cảnh Hưng Tống Bảo	景興宋寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Thông Dụng	景興通用	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)
Cảnh Hưng Lợi Bảo[65]	景興利寶	1740–1786	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗)	None
Thái Đức Thông Bảo	泰德通寶	1778–1788	Tây Sơn (西山)	Thái Đức (泰德)
Nam Vương Thông Bảo	南王通寶	1782–1786	Trịnh lords (鄭主)	Trịnh Khải (鄭楷)	None
Nam Vương Cự Bảo	南王巨寶	1782–1786	Trịnh lords (鄭主)	Trịnh Khải (鄭楷)	None
Minh Đức Thông Bảo	明德通寶	1787	Tây Sơn (西山)	Thái Đức (泰德)	None
Chiêu Thống Thông Bảo	昭統通寶	1787–1789	Revival Lê (黎中興)	Lê Mẫn Đế (黎愍帝)
Quang Trung Thông Bảo	光中通寶	1788–1792	Tây Sơn (西山)	Quang Trung (光中)
Quang Trung Thông Bảo	光中通宝	1788–1792	Tây Sơn (西山)	Quang Trung (光中)
Quang Trung Đại Bảo	光中大宝	1788–1792	Tây Sơn (西山)	Quang Trung (光中)
Càn Long Thông Bảo An Nam[lower-alpha 24] (中)[66]	乾隆通寶 安南	1788–1789	Thanh (清)	Càn Long Emperor (乾隆帝)
Cảnh Thịnh Thông Bảo	景盛通寶	1793–1801	Tây Sơn (西山)	Cảnh Thịnh (景盛)
Cảnh Thịnh Đại Bảo	景盛大寶	1793–1801	Tây Sơn (西山)	Cảnh Thịnh (景盛)	None
Bảo Hưng Thông Bảo	寶興通寶	1801–1802	Tây Sơn (西山)	Cảnh Thịnh (景盛)
Gia Hưng Thông Bảo	嘉興通寶	1802–1820	Nguyễn (阮)	Gia Long (嘉隆)	None
Gia Long Thông Bảo	嘉隆通寶	1802–1820	Nguyễn (阮)	Gia Long (嘉隆)
Gia Long Cự Bảo	嘉隆巨寶	1802–1820	Nguyễn (阮)	Gia Long (嘉隆)	None
Minh Mạng Thông Bảo	明命通寶	1820–1841	Nguyễn (阮)	Minh Mạng (明命)
Trị Nguyên Thông Bảo	治元通寶	1831–1834	None	Lê Văn Khôi (黎文𠐤)
Trị Bình Thông Bảo (中)	治平通寶	1831–1834	None	Lê Văn Khôi (黎文𠐤)
Nguyên Long Thông Bảo	元隆通寶	1833–1835	None	Nông Văn Vân (農文雲)
Thiệu Trị Thông Bảo	紹治通寶	1841–1847	Nguyễn (阮)	Thiệu Trị (紹治)
Tự Đức Thông Bảo	嗣德通寶	1847–1883	Nguyễn (阮)	Tự Đức (嗣德)
Tự Đức Bảo Sao	嗣德寶鈔	1861–1883	Nguyễn (阮)	Tự Đức (嗣德)
Kiến Phúc Thông Bảo	建福通寶	1883–1884	Nguyễn (阮)	Kiến Phúc (建福)	None
Hàm Nghi Thông Bảo	咸宜通寶	1884–1885	Nguyễn (阮)	Hàm Nghi (咸宜)	None
Đồng Khánh Thông Bảo	同慶通寶	1885–1888	Nguyễn (阮)	Đồng Khánh (同慶)	None
Thành Thái Thông Bảo	成泰通寶	1888–1907	Nguyễn (阮)	Thành Thái (成泰)	None
Duy Tân Thông Bảo	維新通寶	1907–1916	Nguyễn (阮)	Duy Tân (維新)	None
Khải Định Thông Bảo	啓定通寶	1916–1925	Nguyễn (阮)	Khải Định (啓定)	None
Bảo Đại Thông Bảo	保大通寶	1926–1945[lower-alpha 25]	Nguyễn (阮)	Bảo Đại (保大)	None

Unidentified Vietnamese coins from 1600 and later

At various times many rebel leaders proclaimed themselves as Lords (主), Kings (王), and Emperors (帝), and had produced their own coinage with their reign names and titles on them, but as their rebellions would prove unsuccessful or brief their reigns and titles would go unrecorded in Vietnamese history, therefore coins produced by their rebellions cannot easily be classified. Coins were also often privately cast and these coins were sometimes of high quality or well-made imitations of imperial coinage, though often they would bear the same inscriptions as already circulating coinage, sometimes they would have "newly invented" inscriptions.[68] The Nguyễn lords that ruled over Southern Vietnam had also produced their own coinage at various times as they were the de facto kings of the South, but as their rule wasn't official, it is currently unknown what coins can be attributed to which Nguyễn lord. Though since Edouard Toda has made his list in 1882 several of the coins that he had described as "originating from the Quảng Nam province" have been ascribed to the Nguyễn lords that the numismatists of his time couldn't identify. During the rule of the Nguyễn lords many foundries for private mintage were also opened and many of these coins bear the same inscriptions as government cast coinage or even bear newly invented inscriptions making it hard to attribute these coins.[69]

The following list contains Vietnamese cash coins whose origins cannot be (currently) established:

Inscription (chữ Quốc ngữ)	Inscription (Hán tự)	Notes	Toda image	Image
Thiệu Thánh Nguyên Bảo	紹聖元寶
Minh Định Tống Bảo	明定宋寶	"Tống Bảo" (宋寶) is written in Seal script.
Cảnh Nguyên Thông Bảo	景元通寶	Appears in both Regular script, and Seal script.
Thánh Tống Nguyên Bảo	聖宋元寶
Càn Nguyên Thông Bảo	乾元通寶	Produced in the upper parts of Northern Vietnam.
Phúc Bình Nguyên Bảo	福平元寶	Written in Seal script.
Thiệt Quý Thông Bảo	邵癸通寶	Written in both Running hand and Seal script.
Dương Nguyên Thông Bảo	洋元通寶	Appear in multiple sizes.
Thiệu Phù Nguyên Bảo	紹符元寶	Written in Seal script.
Nguyên Phù Thông Bảo	元符通寶	Written in Seal script.
Đại Cung Thánh Bảo	大工聖寶
Đại Hòa Thông Bảo	大和通寶	The reverse is rimless.
Cảnh Thì Thông Bảo	景底通寶	The "底" closely resembles a "辰"
Thiên Nguyên Thông Bảo	天元通寶	A variant exists where the "元" is written in Seal script.
Nguyên Trị Thông Bảo	元治通寶	The characters "治" and "寶" are written in Seal script.
Hoàng Hi Tống Bảo	皇熙宋寶
Khai Thánh Nguyên Bảo	開聖元寶
Thiệu Thánh Thông Bảo	紹聖通寶
Thiệu Thánh Bình Bảo	紹聖平寶	the reverse is rimless.
Thiệu Tống Nguyên Bảo	紹宋元寶
Tường Tống Thông Bảo	祥宋通寶
Tường Thánh Thông Bảo	祥聖通寶
Hi Tống Nguyên Bảo	熙宋元寶
Ứng Cảm Nguyên Bảo	應感元寶
Thống Phù Nguyên Bảo	統符元寶
Hi Thiệu Nguyên Bảo	熙紹元寶
Chính Nguyên Thông Bảo	正元通寶	Variants exist with rimmed and rimless reverses, as well as one where there's a dot or a crescent on the reverse.
Thiên Đức Nguyên Bảo	天德元寶
Hoàng Ân Thông Bảo	皇恩通寶
Thái Thánh Thông Bảo	太聖通寶
Đại Thánh Thông Bảo	大聖通寶
Chánh Hòa Thông Bảo	政和通寶	A variant exists where there's a crescent a dot on the reverse, and another one with only the crescent.
Thánh Cung Tứ Bảo[lower-alpha 26]	聖宮慈寶		None
Thánh Trần Thông Bảo	聖陳通寶		None
Đại Định Thông Bảo	大定通寶		None
Chính Long Nguyên Bảo	正隆元寶		None
Hi Nguyên Thông Bảo	熙元通寶		None
Cảnh Nguyên Thông Bảo	景元通寶		None
Tống Nguyên Thông Bảo	宋元通寶		None
Thiên Thánh Nguyên Bảo	天聖元寶		None
Thánh Nguyên Thông Bảo	聖元通寶		None
Chính Pháp Thông Bảo	正法通寶		None
Tây Dương Phù Bảo	西洋符寶		None
Tây Dương Bình Bảo	西洋平寶		None
An Pháp Nguyên Bảo	安法元寶	Most often attributed to Lê Lợi (黎利).[70][71]
Bình Nam Thông Bảo	平南通寶	Often attributed to the Nguyễn lords (阮主).	None

Machine-struck cash coins made by the French government

Main articles: Cochinchina piastre and French Indochinese piastre

Various cash coins produced by the French government for circulation in Vietnam.

During the time that Vietnam was under French administration, the French started minting cash coins for circulation first for within the colony of Cochinchina and then for the other regions of Vietnam. These coins were minted in Paris and were all struck as opposed to the contemporary cast coinage that already circulated within Vietnam.[72][73][74][75]

After the French had annexed Cochinchina from the Vietnamese, cash coins would remain to circulate in the region and depending on their weight and metal (as Vietnamese cash coins made from copper, tin, and zinc circulated simultaneously at the time at fluctuating rates) were accepted at 600 to 1000 cash coins for a single Mexican or Spanish 8 real coin or 1 piastre.[39][76] In 1870 the North German company Dietrich Uhlhorn started privately minting machine-struck Tự Đức Thông Bảo (嗣德通寶) coins as the demand for cash coins in French Cochinchina was high.[39][76] The coin weighed 4 grams which was close to the official weight of 10 phần (3.7783 grams) which was the standard used by the imperial government at the time. Around 1875 the French introduced holed 1 cent coins styled after the Vietnamese cash.[39][76] In 1879 the French introduced the Cochinchinese Sapèque with a nominal value of ​¹⁄₅₀₀ piastre, but the Vietnamese population at the time still preferred the old Tự Đức Thông Bảo coins despite their lower nominal value.[39][40] The weight and size of the French Indochinese 1 cent coin was reduced and the coin was holed in 1896 in order to appear more similar to cash coins, this was done to reflect the practice of stringing coins together and be carried on a belt or pole because Oriental garments at the time did not have pockets.[39] The French production of machine-struck cash coins was halted in 1902.[39][77] As there were people in Hanoi and Saigon that did not want to give up on the production of machine-struck cash coins, a committee decided to strike zinc Sapèque coins with a nominal value of ​¹⁄₆₀₀ piastre, these coins were produced at the Paris Mint and were dated 1905 despite being put into circulation only in 1906.[39] These coins corroded and broke quite easily which made them unpopular and their production quickly ceased.[39]

"Annamites are not content with the current state of affairs. They complain about the mode of the farms and monopolies, which obliges them to pay fees, paralyses the small trade and is an obstacle to much of trades of which a great part of the population live. The embarrassment is still increased by the progressive disappearance of the zinc currency, adapted so well to the condition of the needy Annamites. It still remains the base of all the small transactions. With two or three sapèques, the poor one can buy a fruit, a cake and thus calm the pains of the hunger. But, as the Government does not manufacture them any more, those which were in circulation become increasingly rare, and the market feels it, with the great detriment of all."

- The 1907 Annual Report by missionary Mgr. Gendreau of the Groupe des Mission du Tonkin.

After Khải Định became Emperor in 1916, Hanoi reduced the funds to cast Vietnamese cash coins which had a dissatisfying effect on the Vietnamese market as the demand for cash coins remained high, so another committee was formed in Hanoi that ordered the creation of machine-struck copper-alloy Khải Định Thông Bảo (啓定通寶) cash coins to be minted in Haiphong, these coins weighed more than the old French Sapèques and were around 2.50 grams and were accepted at ​¹⁄₅₀₀ piastre.[39] There were 27 million Khải Định Thông Bảo of the first variant produced, while the second variant of the machine-struck Khải Định Thông Bảo had a mintage of 200 million, which was likely continued after the ascension of Emperor Bảo Đại in 1926 which was normal as previous Vietnamese emperors also kept producing cash coins with the inscription of their predecessors for a period of time.[39] Emperor Bảo Đại had ordered the creation of cast Bảo Đại Thông Bảo (保大通寶) cash coins again which weighed 3.2 gram in 1933, while the French simultaneously began minting machine-struck coins with the same inscription that weighed 1.36 grams and were probably valued at ​¹⁄₁₀₀₀ piastre. There were two variants of this cash coins where one had a large "大" (Đại) while the other had a smaller "大".[78][39]

Denomination	Obverse inscription Hán tự (chữ Quốc ngữ)	Reverse inscription	Metal	Years of mintage	Image
2 Sapèque (​^1⁄500 piastre)	當二 – 大法國之安南 (Đáng Nhị – Đại Pháp Quốc chi An Nam)	Cochinchine Française	copper	1879–1885
2 Sapèque (​^1⁄500 piastre)	當二 – 大法國之安南 (Đáng Nhị – Đại Pháp Quốc chi An Nam)	Indo-Chine Française	copper	1887–1902
1 Sapèque (​^1⁄600 piastre)	六百分之一 – 通寶 (Lục Bách Phân chi Nhất – Thông Bảo)	Protectorat du Tonkin	zinc	1905
1 Sapèque (​^1⁄500 piastre)	啓定通寶 (Khải Định Thông Bảo)[79]		Copper-alloy	1921–1925
1 Sapèque (​^1⁄1000 piastre)	保大通寶 (Bảo Đại Thông Bảo)		Copper-alloy	1933–1945

Gallery and notes

There were several efforts by French administration to produce machine-struck cash (sapèque): French Cochinchina 1/1000 Piastre 1878 copper French Cochinchina 1/500 Piastre 1879 copper French Indochina 1/500 Piastre 1902 copper French protectorate of Tonkin 1/600 Piastre 1905 zinc Khải Định Thông Bảo 啟定通寶 (1916–1925) Cast (left) and Machine-struck (right) coins

Flying dragon. Phi long (coin) of Khải Định

Emperors Khải Định (1916–1925) and Bảo Đại (1925–1945) produced both cast and machine-struck cash.

Recovery of cash coins in modern Vietnam

Main article: List of coin hoards in Vietnam

A lump of ancient Vietnamese cash coins in the National Museum of Vietnamese History, Hanoi.

In modern Vietnam the supply of undiscovered cash coins is rapidly declining as large amounts of Vietnamese cash coins were excavated during the 1980s and 1990s, in Vietnam the excavation of antiques such as cash coins is an industry in itself and the cash coins are mostly being dug up by farmers. After the Vietnam War ended in 1975 a large number of metal detectors numbering in the many thousands were left behind in the former area of South Vietnam which helped fuel the rise of this industry. The antique bronze industry is mostly concentrated in small rural villages where farmers rent metal detectors to search their own lands for bronze antiques to then either sell as scrap or to dealers, these buyers purchase lumps of cash coins by either kilogramme or ton to then hire skilled people to search through these lumps of cash coins for sellable specimens, these coins are then sold to other dealers in Vietnam, China, and Japan. During the zenith of the coin recovery business in Vietnam the number of bulk coins found on a monthly basis was fifteen tons but only roughly fifteen kilogrammes of those coins were sellable and the rest of the coins would melted down as scrap metal. As better metal detectors that could search deeper more Vietnamese cash coins were discovered but in modern times the supply of previously undiscovered Vietnamese cash coins is quickly diminishing.[80][81]

In modern times many Vietnamese cash coins are found in sunken shipwrecks which are mandated by Vietnamese law to be the property of the Vietnamese government as salvaged ships of which the owner was unknown belong to the state.[82][83]

Notable recent large finds of cash coins in Vietnam include 100 kilogrammes of Chinese cash coins and 35 kilogrammes of Vietnamese cash coins being unearthed in the province of Quảng Trị in 2007,[84][85] 52.9 kilogrammes of Chinese and Vietnamese cash coins being unearthed in a cemetery in Haiphong in 2008,[86] 50 kilogrammes of cash coins in the province of Hà Nam in 2015,[87] and some Nagasaki trade coins in the province of Hà Tĩnh in 2018.[88][89]

See also

• Vietnamese dynasties
• Cash
• Chinese cash
• Japanese mon
• Korean mun
• Ryukyuan mon

Notes

1. The term văn (文) was first used in Vietnam in 1861 and the coins were referred to as đồng tiền (銅錢, copper coins) or simply as coins. Denominations of the Vietnamese cash coins were based on their weight and metal alloys and their value was determined by these aspects and their individual quality.[4][5] In English these types of coins are referred to as "cash coins".
2. These coins may alternatively be referred to as sous in French, which is also the French nickname name for the French 1 centime coin making it an equivalent to the English term "Penny".[6]
3. The colour turns purple if you have visited the page in the past.
4. The reign title was "Thái Bình" (太平) but the actual inscription of the coinage reads "Đại Bình Hưng Bảo" (大平興寶).
5. "Uncertain attribution".
6. This cash coin is listed in Barker's Cash coins of Viet Nam but his example is a private issue of about 1580. No dynastic cash coin with this inscription is known to exist.
7. This is a privately produced cash coin which was falsely attributed to the Lý dynasty by Eduardo Toda y Güell, many of them are actually from the 1500s -1800s
8. This is a privately produced cash coin from the 1500s which has nothing to do with the Lý dynasty.
9. This cash coin was privately produced and is considered to be falsely attributed to Nguyễn Hi Nguyên (阮熙元) by some scholars.
10. These cash coins turned out to be a series of private coins similar to the official Hồ style. However no such reign title existed under the reign of the Hồ dynasty.
11. These cash coins turned out to be privately produced issue from the early 1600s, they are reign title copies of Chinese cash coins but are listed in numismatic literature.
12. This cash coin turned out to be a Ming trade cash coin which was cast around the year 1590 at Quanzhou, Fujian.
13. during the Chinese (Minh dynasty) occupation these coins were issued as payments to Chinese soldiers, Giao Chỉ Thông Bảo coins are poorly made from lead and sand.
14. Coins issued during the Lam Sơn uprising were cast as payment for the anti-Chinese rebels.
15. This cash coin was attributed to Lê Lợi (黎利) by Eduardo Toda y Güell, but later turned out to be private issue from about 1600.
16. This cash coin was attributed to Lê Lợi (黎利) by Eduardo Toda y Güell, but later turned out to be private issue produced between the years 1750 and 1850.
17. This cash coin was attributed to Lê Lợi (黎利) by Eduardo Toda y Güell, but later turned out to be private issue produced after the year 1600.
18. This cash coin turned out to be a rare private cash coin made during a brief Trần restoration in the early 1500s. Unlike what Toda claimed it is not made from tin and lead, but a hard white bronze composition.
19. Despite bearing the reign title "Thái Hòa Thông Bảo" all coins actually bear the inscription "Đại Hòa Thông Bảo" (大和通寶).
20. From this point onwards the monarchs of the Mạc dynasty were only in control of the Cao Bằng Province, which they had declared as an independent country for 75 years.
21. The "Tường Phù Nguyên Bảo" (祥符元寶), "Trị Bình Thông Bảo" (治平通寶), and "Trị Bình Nguyên Bảo" (治平元寶) were Japanese trade coins minted in Nagasaki for trade with Vietnam and the Netherlands.[52] In Vietnam they were imported by the Nguyễn lords.[53]
22. The character "宝" is an abbreviated version of "寶" commonly found in Semi-cursive script. Note from Eduardo Toda y Güell's Annam and its minor currency where the coin was described of being "of doubtful origin" but has been identified since.
23. The leaders of the Ninh Xá rebellion Nguyễn Tuyển and Nguyễn Cừ were brothers while Nguyễn Diên was their nephew.
24. Cast as payments for Chinese soldiers stationed in Vietnam during the Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa.
25. The production of these coins probably lasted into 1941 or 1942 because the occupying Japanese forces wanted the copper and were acquiring all of the cash coins they could find and stockpiling them in Haiphong for shipment to Japan for the production of war materials.[67]
26. The coins from this part of the list and below are from Dr. R. Allan Barker (2004) while the coins above are from Edouard Toda (1882).

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External links

• Collection Banknotes of Vietnam and the World
• Coins and Banknotes of Vietnam and French Indochina
• Cash coins of Vietnam 968 - 1945. Online Identifier

Preceded by: Chinese cash Reason: independence	Currency of Vietnam 970 – 1948	Succeeded by: French Indochinese piastre, North Vietnamese đồng Reason: abolition of the monarchy