Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1110. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIET NAM, Nguyễn Dynasty. Thieu Tri (Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông). 1841-1847. AR 5 Tien (19.37 g, 12h). Cash type. Undated issue. “Thieu Tri Thong Bao Van The Vinh Lai” (Tu Duc General Currency Ten Thousand Generations Perpetual Confidence) in Chinese characters; sun, moon, stars, and clouds above; the Earth below; all around quadrate opening / “Khuyet Hong Thien Nien Hoa Dang Luu Van The Truyen Thu Huan Chuong Huu Duc So Bao Gia Duy Hien” (Pendant of Jade and Cinnabar in a Century Chang Themselves; the Purest Gold Perpetuates Itself Indefinitely Repaying Merit and Virtue As Only Precious Wisdom is Recognized) in Chinese characters around quadrate opening. Cf. Schroeder 348 (Tu Duc); cf. BN Vietnam Supp. 449 (AV Lang). EF, toned, a few adjustment marks, holed for wearing. Red suspension tassel attached.