Item number: A2884

Year: AD 1533-1789

Material: Zinc

Size: 24.3 x 24.8 x 1.0 mm

Weight: 2.4 g

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2020

This is a coin from Vietnam classified as a “fantasy coin”—a term used by numismatists to describe issues whose precise date or historical attribution cannot be definitively determined. Based on its physical characteristics and design, it is likely that the coin was privately minted by local warlords or influential elites during the politically turbulent period of the Revival Lê Dynasty (Lê Trung Hưng triều), a time marked by fragmented authority and regional autonomy.

The coin is made of zinc, giving it a pale grayish-white appearance. It adopts the traditional square-holed design, heavily influenced by Chinese numismatic forms. On the obverse, the inscription Kiến Thuận Thông Bảo (建順通寶) is engraved in regular script Chinese characters, arranged in a clockwise sequence: top, bottom, right, and left. The reverse is blank, bearing no inscriptions or decorative elements.

The Revival Lê dynasty period of Đại Việt (AD 1533–1789) was a distinctive era within the Later Lê dynasty. In AD 1527, Mạc Đăng Dung seized the throne and established the Mạc dynasty. Loyalists from the Lê royal family subsequently enthroned Emperor Lê Trang Tông in the south, resulting in a confrontation between northern and southern courts.

After AD 1545, political authority fell into the hands of the influential minister Trịnh Kiểm, relegating Lê emperors to figureheads under the dominance of the Trịnh lords. Historically, this period is referred to as the “Revival Lê dynasty, or Later Lê Restoration”. During this time, the Trịnh family governed northern Vietnam, while the Nguyễn family controlled the southern territories, leading to prolonged civil conflict known as the “Trịnh–Nguyễn Civil War” or “Northern and Southern Dynasties” division.

Despite political fragmentation, significant advancements occurred in cultural, artistic, and economic domains, with Confucian scholarship and imperial examinations continuing to thrive, marking one of the golden ages in Vietnamese cultural history. In AD 1788, the Tây Sơn rebels overthrew the Lê regime. The following year, Emperor Lê Chiêu Thống fled to the Qing dynasty, signalling the end of the Later Lê Restoration period.

物件編號: A2884

年代: 公元 1533-1789 年

材質: 鋅

尺寸: 24.3 x 24.8 x 1.0 mm

重量: 2.4 g

來源: 福君錢幣 2020

這是一枚來自越南的脫譜錢，即錢幣學家口中無法具體辨識其年代的錢幣。從錢幣的造型來作判斷，有可能是在越南歷史上「黎中興朝」這段混亂的局面下，由地方的豪強私自鑄造的錢幣。

錢幣的原料為鋅，故顏色偏灰白色，外觀為深受中國影響的方孔錢造型。錢幣正面按照上、下、右、左順序，依序以楷書漢字鐫刻「建順通寶」四字。錢幣背面為光背，沒有任何圖案或文字。

大越黎中興朝(公元1533－1789年)，是後黎朝的一個特殊時期。公元1527年莫登庸篡位，建立莫朝，黎氏宗室遺臣在南方擁立黎莊宗，形成南北對峙局面。公元1545年以後，權臣鄭檢掌握實權，黎朝皇帝成為鄭主控制下的傀儡，史稱「黎中興朝」。這一時期，鄭氏家族實際統治北越，南方則由阮氏政權控制，形成「鄭阮紛爭」，或稱「南北朝」的局勢，國家處於長期分裂。儘管如此，黎中興朝在文化、藝術、經濟方面仍有一定發展，儒學、科舉制度繼續推行，成為越南文化的黃金時代之一。公元1788年西山起義軍推翻黎朝，次年黎昭統帝出逃清朝，黎中興朝宣告終結。