It is pretty rare for people to be interested in Vietnam cash coins these days since most cash coins found on the market are Nguyen Dynasty and are cheapie. Good thing I wasn’t the only one. I’m still saving up for a scarce Dai Tri Nguyen Bao on Dr. Allan Barker website. Here’s one of my more interesting coins of the Nguyen Dynasty. A poem cash coin from Minh Mang (Or Minh Menh) Vietnam 60 Van Obv: Minh Mang Thong Bao Rev: Dac Vi Dac Danh Dac Loc Dac Tho 61.3 mm 27.67 grams
Nice piece @Justinokay .. i like the Vietnamese silver pieces more actually. It has a very unique design, doesnt use modern striking techniques like the Chinese silvers and are mostly rare.
Thanks. Silver pieces are pretty rare these days even some slabbed ones can be fake due to the process of casting to produce these coins. Most of the silver pieces I found are either fake or in slabs and super over priced. I’ve been looking for an appropriately priced Minh Mang 7 Tien for a long time, if you see one give me a heads up.
I have managed to collect the following 7 tiens. 1 I gotnit off Baldwin's of Hong Kong and another from a reliable dealer in Thailand. You are right about fake but reliable sources are utmost important for these. And a premium is definitely in order.. i recommend keeping an eye out in auctions. My numerous visits to Vietnam did not even managed to find a decent coin shop. I suspect most of these were movedout of the country by immigrants or the colonialists.
Both of these are stunning. Think the bottom one is year 14 or 1830 something. I do not know much about the top one but heard it is way scarce that the bottom one. I do agree with you that most coin shops over there are bad most are aimed at tourist/beginningers and everything is labeled “Very Rare”/ “High Grade”. There were a lot of decent stamp shops though. Also I did managed to find a few small silver ingots but I traded those off already. Thanks for the tip, I’ll take a look at some auction sites. I don't usually look on those sites since I usually don’t win the stuff
Thanks @Loong Siew May I know what is the process of submission to GCBA or Huaxia for authentication? What is their website links. I appreciate your help
Huaxia has a very unprofessional pathway to accept the coins. They use Wechat instead of email to communicate with their customers. I had a talk with Ha.com, and they could help to process the coin certification to Huaxia (Hongkong) for their items in the auction. But I did not find any website for Huaxia (Hongkong).
The first 7 tien coin you posted is not listed in Krause catalogue. Is it in Schr. catalogue? Can you introduce it a little bit?
Good to see this thread revived. I purchased this coin in a lot among some others that were no doubt forgeries. This one looked promising.
Thanks. I do like the silver pieces too. I have posted them in other threads but not here. This one is my only unslabbed. It was at a discount due to cleaning.
Thanks! KM193 says 38g, and the denomation is Lang. I checked through Krause catalogue, but cannot find a 7 Tien with Long Van on the reverse side. Can you show a picture from the Sch catalogue showing 187 var in 7 Tien and weight around 24g?