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tiền
Sign in to savethumb|right|A silver Phi Long coin of 1 tiền issued under the Minh Mạng Emperor in 1833.
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- Cash coins
- Precious metal coinages
- Tiền decorations
- See also
- Notes
- References
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thumb|right|A silver Phi Long coin of 1 tiền issued under the Minh Mạng Emperor in 1833.
The term tiền (chữ Hán: 錢) is used to refer to various currency-related concepts used in Vietnamese history. The name is a cognate with the Chinese qián (錢), a unit of weight called "mace" in English. It can refer to a unit of weight used in precious metal coinages as well as the number of cash coins in a string. The name was also used for different awards, both Chinese-style and Western-style awards given in Vietnam throughout different times of its history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tiền” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.