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English: Nguyen Dynasty 1802 - 1945
B99.1+ Gia Long Thong Bao 1802-19 Large characters. Large flan, 26m KM169, C61.1, T214 (99.1, .2) B99.3 — Medium chars. Rectangle-head Thong. KM169a.1v, C61.2, T213v, T225v ; B99.3A — — — Larger chars., especially Thong & Bao B99.A4 — Small chars. Angle-head Thong (as 99.4). Reverse: plain. Specimens chosen for bold rev. rims,as the "dimple" is often very weak. B99.A4p — — — — Points on inner rims (mint error) B99.A4a — — — — Specimens with little or no rev. rim. Error or deliberate? T215 B99.4 — — — Reverse: Dot rt., well away from rim. (May be an unintended variant of 99.5) C61.3, T214 ; ; B99.6 — — — — Bad calligraphy, just as Barker specimen. Robust coin, but possibly unofficial. B99.5 — — — Reverse: Dot rt. in "dimple" close to rim. KM171.2, C61.4, T221v B99.5b — — — — Dimple is raised, looks like dot in circle. Robust coin. — Note: The following coins are all thin, suggesting a private (possibly licensed) mint. The dots in non-standard positions rev. may be a way of keeping track of licensees, or could just be sloppy rotation of reverse masters in production. B99.5e — — — Reverse: Dot rt., plus dot below, slightly off-center. Probably an error. B99.12a — — — Reverse: Dot left, large & far from rim. T218 B99.12b — — — — closer to rim B99.12c — — — — touching rim, or nearly ; B99.13 — — — Reverse: Dot below, in dimple B99.14 — — — Reverse: Dot above, in dimple Fairly robust coin B99.15 — — — Pieces with calligraphic oddities, ranked from those I think might be real varieties, to likely contemp. fakes: ; ; ; B99.8 — — — Ring obv. & rev. Wide Bao. Large Thong head. 21-22m ; ; — B99.8A — — Ring obv., sometimes faintly rev. also. Tall, narrow Bao. 23m ; B99.7 — Luc Phan rev. medium-sized obv. chars. as 99.3 KM173, C62, T223 ; ; B99.11 — That Phan rev. Zinc KM173a, C60 (not C63), T224 ; B99.11b — — slightly smaller chars. Note width of upper rectangle in Gia, and height of "P" in Long. Back of Thong head more dented. ; B99.11o — — heavily oxidized specimen (white, crusty) B99/101 — Five zinc coins of Gia Long and Minh Mang tied with twine to an old label in fountain pen: "From Vo'ing Lam under China - 2000 of these coins were given in exchange for a dollar in 1850" (Signed) "B R.". |
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Author | Scott Semans |
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