Asian coin id..

I bought this coin, thinking it was Vietnam 10 van. The characters don't match anything I have found for that denomination, and I now doubt it is Vietnamese at all, but Chinese or Korean.

 

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Reading the front it does say "thanh Thai thong bao" but the other side is throwing me with only having the two characters, I can't find any matching it.

 

No, it is an Annam (Viet-nam) cash. An old Yeoman catalog I have says Y2.

It's buried in KM because it is listed under "Viet nam - French Protectorate" in the 1801-1900 catalog.




Here is another listing.

http://art-hanoi.com/toda/22.html

 

The Barker book, The Historical Cash Coins of Viet Nam, is a great reference book.