1 Cash - Khải Định Thông Bảo; struck 1920-1926

Weight

2.30 g

Diameter

22 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Brass

Shape

Round with a square hole

Edge Type

Plain

Technique

Milled

Front design

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.

Back design

Blank (uniface).

Year of Minting

1920-1926

Emperor

Khải Định ( 1916-1925 )

Mint location

Société de constructions mécaniques , Haiphong, Vietnam; Thông Bảo Nha , Huế, Vietnam

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: 啓 寳　通 定

Context

Variety Joyaux# 603: Character Thông (通) with open head. According to Scott Semans of CoinCoin.com, the machine-struck Tong with open head variety is apparently unknown in Asia, yet is relatively common in the United States. It is possible those are forgeries made in the 1960s. According to François Joyaux in "Monnaies impériales d'Annam", they were struck in Huế and many fakes for American collectors were produced in the years 1960s and 1970s. Variety Joyaux# 604: Character Thông (通) with closed head; character Khải (啓) with 10 strokes (夂 at top right). Struck in Haiphong Variety Joyaux# 605: Character Thông (通) with closed head; character Khải (啓) with 11 strokes (攵 at top right). Struck in Haiphong

Rarity

Rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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