Triton XIX, Lot: 2720. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 1½ Tìên (31mm, 5.28 g, 1h). ‘Phu Tho Da Nam’ type. Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central hole / Phu Tho Da Nam (Wealth, longevity, and many sons) in Han-nom characters around central hole. Cf. Schroeder 361 (for type in silver); BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême – (but cf. V265-7 for larger denominations); KM –; Friedberg –. Near EF, warm red-orange toning.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Money Company Hong Kong (7 September 1984), lot 13.