215, Lot: 529. Estimate $150. Sold for $484. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIET NAM, Nguyễn Dynasty. Tự Đức (Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm). 1847-1883. AR 5 Tiền (42x13mm, 19.07 g). Undated issue. “Tự Đức niên tạo” (Made during the reign of Tự Đức); all legends in Chinese characters / “Nội thảng ngân ngũ tiền” (Official silver currency: Five Tiền) / Left and right edges: scallop decoration / Top: concentric circle punches (the heavens) / Bottom: concentric square punches (the earth). Schroeder 334; BN Vietnam -. Good VF, lightly toned.