NGUYEN DYNASTY (ANNAM): Bullion Series, AR lang (37.67g), KM-118, in Hán Nôm characters, gia long nien tao (made in the Gia Long era) // tinh ngan nhat lang (pure silver one lang [liang]), trung binh hieu (made on the Trung Binh scale) on left edge and tri tien nhi quan bat mach (monetary value of 2 ligatures 8/1-) on right edge, very crude retrograde calligraphy, Fine. This type was made with many different dies until the early 20th century as a popular form of bullion for use in Indochina.
