Asian Coin With Square Hole In The Middle And Brown *pic

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jchanel123 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 12/09/2013 9:49 pm what does it say? I want to know before I give it to a very special someone I love. it was in my Grampa's coin collection when he was in the Vietnam war. Edited by jchanel123 12/09/2013 9:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 12/09/2013 10:19 pm It's an Annam (Vietnam) coin cast during the years 1888-1907 by Emperor Nguyen Khanh Tong. Please see this web page for more information. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
jchanel123 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 12/09/2013 10:27 pm awesome! thank you very much :) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 12/10/2013 04:53 am As for what the coin actually says: In Vietnamese, the characters are pronounced "Thanh Thai thong bao". Rotate your picture 90 degrees clockwise, then the characters are read in the order top-bottom-right-left. Thanh Thai is the reign-name for the emperor born Nguyen Phuc Buu Lan. Vietnamese emperors, like their Chinese counterparts, chose reign-names by which they wished to be known by the common people. "Thanh Thai" roughly translates to "towards peacefulness". The other two characters, "thong bao" in Vietnamese, simply mean "current coin". These same characters also appear on Chinese, Japanese and Korean cash coins, although they are pronounced differently in those languages. So together, the four characters mean "current coin of the Thanh Thai emperor". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 12/10/2013 05:03 am hey sap can I ask what you do and were you live and who you are wow you know some stuff well done I follow you around this site and well done you are smart hope to learn from you Report this Post to the Staff
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