Issuing authority
Empire of Vietnam (Đại Nam / Annam)
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Southeast Asia, Asia
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
5
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
5 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1740 – 1821
5 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (5)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Tsjien or donga from the Empire of Annam of Duy-dao, 1740-1786
1740 - in of na ca. 1786
Copper coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4108; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 1.25 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Annam, tsjien or donga, rebel Nguyen Van-toan, 1792-1801
1792 - in of na ca. 1801
Copper coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4116; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 1.27 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Empire of Annam, sapeka, Nguyen phuoc-anh, 1801-1820
1801 - in or after c. 1820
Tin coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: two Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4120; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diamete…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Double donga or phan from the Empire of Annam of Nguyen-phuoc-dam with regnal name Minh Mang, 1821-1841
1821 - in of na ca. 1841
Copper coin. Obverse: four Chinese characters around a square hole in the center. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4123; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.84 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Vietnam (Annam), 5 tien or dragon piastre, Minh Mạng, 1821-1841
1821 - 1841
Silver coin. Obverse: within decoration between Chinese characters sun with eighteen rays. Above and below it a dragon. Reverse: within decoration between four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, sun with eighteen rays. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4122; its record gives…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 18th century2
- 19th century3
Only the 5 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Copper3
- Silver1
- Zinc1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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