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Vietnam, Minh Mang 10-lang sycee silver bar, mid-1800s.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Silver Coins - Haiti-Vietnam Start Price:320.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Vietnam, Minh Mang 10-lang sycee silver bar, mid-1800s.
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Vietnam, Minh Mang 10-lang sycee silver bar, mid-1800s. 375.0 grams, 4-1/4" long. Sometimes called "nén bac," stackable trough-shaped ingots like these are a distinctly Vietnamese type of semi-official sycee cast mainly from Spanish American 8 reales, Indian rupees, and French Indochina piastres by bankers (silver merchants) who presented them to government officials for testing, whereupon a fee was paid and the denomination thap (10) lang and three other "verification stamps" were stamped onto the sides of the ingot. This specimen appears to be no worse than AVF, with clear test-marks on bottom.