Km# 182B Vietnam 1820-1841 - Coin Community Forum

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Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 05/23/2011 10:38 pm Found these in my junk bag and I'm curious. Composition seems to be leaded tin or zinc ... something like that. Weight 2.6-2.7 grams, diameter about 23.5mm Edited by Ugly 05/24/2011 08:27 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 05/24/2011 07:31 am These are not tokens, but actual coins; early Vietnamese coins, to be precise. Vietnam issued "Chinese-style" cash coins like these from the 1400s up until 1946, though being much poorer than China, the rulers of Vietnam usually couldn't afford high-quality bronze for their coins - typically they are made of a zinc-lead alloy, sometimes with just enough copper in the mix to give it a brassy colour. This poor alloy plus Vietnam's wet tropical climate usually combine to mean that Vietnamese cash coins are typically found in very poor condition. Your coins are both from emperor Minh Mang, who ruled from 1820 to 1841. You'll find them listed in the Krause catalogue as variants of KM# 182. Krause sorts them by size; at 23.5mm yours is KM# 182b. See here for the zeno.ru page for coins of this ruler. 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
Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 05/24/2011 07:55 am Well there's a "holy catfish" thorough answer. Thank you Sap, your knowledge is greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 05/24/2011 08:33 am Sap: Report this Post to the Staff
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