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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Vietnam| > VN83965
Kingdom of Quangnam (Southern Vietnam|), The Nguyen Lords, Nguyen Phuc Khoat (Vo Vuong), 1738 - 1765
|Vietnam|, |Kingdom| |of| |Quangnam| |(Southern| |Vietnam|),| |The| |Nguyen| |Lords,| |Nguyen| |Phuc| |Khoat| |(Vo| |Vuong),| |1738| |-| |1765|,
In 1744 Nguyen Phuc Khoat proclaimed the southern region a kingdom and took the regnal name Vo Vuong. Although he listened to music by western missionaries, Vo Vuong banned both missionaries and Christianity. He expanded his territory, taking parts of Cambodia. The Vietnamese-Cambodian border established by the end of his reign remains the border today. After declining availability of coins became a serious problem, in 1746 he purchased zinc from Dutch merchants to cast coins. He also allowed over 100 private mints. Unfortunately, some of these mints mixed cheaper black lead (lead) with the white lead (zinc). In 1776, Le Quy Don wrote in Phu Bien Tap Luc ('Miscellaneous records in the border area'), "There was one kind of coin called Thien Minh Thong Bao, which had black lead mixed in and became very fragile. People refused to accept it because of its ugliness; therefore the trade did not go smoothly, coins were not circulated well."Vo Vuong
VN83965. Zinc cash, Barker 85.1, Toda 285, VF, earthen deposits, weight 1.703g, maximum diameter 23.2mm, 1746 - 1765; obverse Thien Minh Thong Bao; reverse plain; SOLD











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