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Hartill included both a ‘long-arm’ Li script bảo variety of Thái Binh Thánh Bảo and a regular script type among his category: ‘Small Copper – Distinct Calligraphy, Group 1. (“An Phap” type)’. Hartill has reviewed the various hypotheses for the chronology of An Phap-type coins advanced by Thierry and others. He proposes (GCC, p. 143) that they were manufactured in North Vietnam under the Mac between 1540 and 1590, somewhat earlier than proposed by Thierry (CMV). This provisional dating has been followed here.
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Thierry (CMV) illustrates a similar coin, described as copper (Figure 583), with a bảo of the regular script ‘short-arm’ type. Thierry’s photograph of the reverse face of his coin shows that it has distinct rims. He attributes it to the period of the Mạc at Cao Bằng (莫氏(莫家) during the 17th century, while pointing out that it is not possible to distinguish private issues of this period from those of later periods up to the time of the Nguyen Lords.
