Annam: Tu Duc gold 1 Lang (10 Tien) ND (1848-83) AU55 NGC,...

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Extraordinary Tu Duc Poem Piece

Tu Duc gold 1 Lang (10 Tien) ND (1848-83) AU55 NGC, Fr-32, Sch-403, KM559. Obv. Square holed center with sun, moon, five planets, and clouds above, three mountains, three trees, and sea below, eight characters, four on each side reading, "Thong Buu Van The Vinh Lai." Rev. Twenty characters, " Kuyet Hong Thien Nien Hoa Dang Lu Van The Truyen Thu Huan Chuong Huu Duc So Bao Gia Duy Hien," meaning " Jade and Cinnabar at the end of a thousand years have been made into pure gold, in order to reward merit and remember virtue, as nothing is more precious than recognition of wisdom." This is called the "Poem Piece," from the poetic refrain on the reverse. A superb example of this exceedingly rare type. The strike is crude, as are all Annamese coins of this era, but it is nicer than most, with no significant flaws and nicely formed devices. Only the second example of this type we have seen and, by far, the finest.

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