Antique coins found in Hue rivers
17 January 2007 (Vietnam Net Bridge) - A report on the trade in antique coins found in the Hue river in Vietnam.
Antique coins found in Hue rivers
For the past several years, beside ceramic works, fishermen have found a large number of antique coins in rivers in Hue and sold them to antique money collectors.
Most of the coins are made of copper and zinc. There are sometimes gold and silver coins that were minted for award purposes rather than to be used on the market.
The coins show that people in Hue in particular and in the central region in general used many kinds of coins minted at different historical periods including “Gia Long Currency,” “Minh Mang Currency” and even the very rare “Ham Nghi” coins made during the Nguyen dynasty, and “Quang Trung Currency” and “Canh Thinh Currency” of Emperor Quang Trung’s period.
According to an expert on Hue’s history, Mr. Ho Tan Phan, the discovery of such a rich source of old coins reaffirms the conclusion of many research works that today’s Thua Thien – Hue used to be a big regional trading and foreign exchange centre.
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Tags: Ancient economy, Ancient money, Canh Thinh Currency, coins, Gia Long Currency, Hue River, Minh Mang Currency, Quang Trung Currency, Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam Archaeology
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April 17th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
This is an interesting historical finding. I always think that there must some other trade exchange centers other than the Malacca. Hue had never been considered as the regional center for foreign trades if the antique coins have not been found.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Rare United States Coins…
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July 5th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Fascinating - I know very little about the ancient coins of Asia but I’ll look into it… the finding of so many coins in the river suggests to me there may be a major hoard somewhere in the area.
December 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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