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English: Nos. 143-148. (Barker: see 210.3)

Obverse: Same as No. 76. Reverse: A dragon. All these coins have a circular line running close to the rim on the obverse and reverse. They present many differences in the writing of the characters, the position of the dragon, and the thickness of the metal. All are of 100 cash value. All the coins comprised between the numbers 76 and 148 were issued by King 顯宗 Hien-tong, (1740-1786).

26th King - 昭統帝 CHIEU-THONG-DE. 1786-1789. The chief Tay-son, who perhaps at that time thought of reigning over Cochinchina only, consented to the proclamation of this king, and returned to his own country. But CHIEU-TONG made the same mistake as his predecessors in calling back the TRINH family and allowing them to resume their hereditary title of Lords. On receiving this news, HUE came at once to Tunquin, and in the 11 th moon of the same year again took Ha-noi, the king escaping to 化寧 Bac-ninh. But Chieu-tong did not receive help from any quarter, and hiding himself in the mountains, awaited the Chinese intervention which his wife and son went to seek from the Emperor K'IEN-LUNG. The reign ceased from that date, although he still continued to rank as king in the Chinese army. However, his power and authority were gone. and when the Chinese army was defeated, he had to fly to Pekin, where he was appointed a Chinese mandarin of the fourth rank and was inscribed under the Tartar banners. His family also remained in China, and from that date the inhabitants of Tunquin, who had not lost their hatred for the Nguyen invaders, expected to find in every rebel who raised the flag of rebellion in their country a descendant of the old royal race. The last of these insurrections was that of the Brigade General Li HUNG-TSAI in 1878.