Priceless collection of ancient coins in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - After many years of collecting, researching and learning about ancient coins, Mr. Nguyen Duc Vuong, currently an art teacher at Pha Danh Primary School, Ky Son District (Nghe An) owns thousands of ancient coins that were once circulated in our country. Among them, there are many rare coins.

Starting his collection in 8th grade, after 18 years, Mr. Nguyen Duc Vuong has in his hands a collection of ancient coins from Vietnam, China, Japan, France that have been in circulation since more than 2,000 years BC until now in our country. A small part of Mr. Vuong's huge collection of ancient coins. Photo: Nguyen Duc Vuong

Mr. Vuong currently owns almost all types of ancient coins from all periods of Vietnam, from the Dinh Dynasty (970-980) with the "Thai Binh Hung Bao" coin - the first coin minted and circulated by the Vietnamese people until the last king of the Nguyen Dynasty, Bao Dai (1925-1845) with the "Bao Dai Thong Bao" coin, during the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Photo of part of the collection of ancient Vietnamese coins from all periods.

Mr. Vuong introduces his collection of ancient coins.

The “Thai Binh Hung Bao” coin – the first Vietnamese coin minted and circulated by King Dinh Tien Hoang after gaining independence. This coin helped end the situation where Chinese coins dominated the Vietnamese currency market. From then on, the following dynasties minted coins bearing their own era names for use.

The “Bao Dai Thong Bao” coin was issued during the last reign of the Nguyen Dynasty with King Bao Dai (1925-1845).

Because there were quite a lot of ancient coins, Mr. Vuong put them into jars to close and store. It is known that there are very few jars containing coins that are still intact because when people find ancient jars, they often break them open to look for valuables.

A jar of ancient coins remaining after the outer ceramic layer was broken. Mr. Vuong said that to have the collection of ancient coins as it is today, he spent a lot of effort and money. There are ancient Vietnamese coins that he had to ask someone to travel all the way to China to buy. There are even ancient coins that he is willing to spend tens of millions of dong to buy. Photo: Nguyen Duc Vuong

Currently, Mr. Vuong owns more than 30 precious coins from Vietnam and China that have never been recorded in books. Photo of the "Hoang Tong Hieu Bao" coin that has never been recorded in books from Vietnam, but has only been recorded in books about ancient coins from Japan.

Ban Lang coin of the Qin Dynasty, China was minted by Qin Shi Huang (Qin Huiwen Wang) in the 2nd year - 336 BC. This is the first coin of China.

The 1905 Qing Dynasty Hong Kong One-Tian Coin was the last coin of the Chinese feudal dynasty. The obverse features a portrait of King Edward VII, King & Emperor.

During the French colonial period, Vietnam used the "Bach phan chi nhat" (card money) issued in 1885 with the Statue of Liberty as its symbol.

Piastre issued in 1926 with the Statue of Liberty as its symbol and the words République Francaise. Piastres issued in 1900 are valuable because they were a trial issue and are very rare. This is also the last French currency printed in Vietnam.

The Japanese “Thien Bao Thong Bao” coin once circulated in Vietnam. This is evidence of a period of trade between Vietnam and Japan.

Chu Thanh