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Nguyễn quan–tiền fiscal accounting: research record

Evidence coverage: 1821–1855. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Nguyễn quan–tiền fiscal accounting

CUR-V37-NGUYEN-QUAN · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1821–1855; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 3 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Nguyễn quan–tiền fiscal accounting · C2052
Quan and tiền allowances · C2053
Royal-order monetary obligations · C2054

Latest research

Nguyễn quan–tiền fiscal accounting

The 1821 history-office salary schedule assigns monthly amounts in quan and tiền, including 1 quan 5 tiền. This is a fiscal account witness, not merely cash circulation.

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Quan and tiền allowances

An 1838 allowance schedule includes 17 quan 6 tiền; the archival article identifies its published court-compendium source.

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Royal-order monetary obligations

A royal order dated Tự Đức year 8 (1855) specifies annual official allowances of 80, 75, 70 and 65 quan.

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Borrowed subdivisions and unresolved succession

Aymonier attributes ten-tiền ligature subdivision to Annamese imitation. This establishes limited accounting influence, not ancestry of the whole Cambodian bat account. Thai derivation and piastre absorption remain unverified.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1821supported

The 1821 history-office salary schedule assigns monthly amounts in quan and tiền, including 1 quan 5 tiền. This is a fiscal account witness, not merely cash circulation.

C2052
1838supported

An 1838 allowance schedule includes 17 quan 6 tiền; the archival article identifies its published court-compendium source.

C2053
1855supported

A royal order dated Tự Đức year 8 (1855) specifies annual official allowances of 80, 75, 70 and 65 quan.

C2054
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C2052

The 1821 history-office salary schedule assigns monthly amounts in quan and tiền, including 1 quan 5 tiền. This is a fiscal account witness, not merely cash circulation.

National Archives Centre I, Vietnam · Quốc sử quán triều Nguyễn – Cơ quan chuyên trách biên soạn quốc sử (2018) Citation S1075 · Open source ↗

Paragraph beginning Về lương bổng:1821 monthly salaries

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Official archival synthesis inspected; underlying salary manuscript not independently inspected.

Supported C2053

An 1838 allowance schedule includes 17 quan 6 tiền; the archival article identifies its published court-compendium source.

Lê Thông, National Archives Centre I · Chế độ tiền dưỡng liêm thời kỳ đầu triều Nguyễn (2023) Citation S1076 · Open source ↗

1838 paragraph/n.6;1855 order/n.9, Tự Đức year8 month9 day6

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C2054

A royal order dated Tự Đức year 8 (1855) specifies annual official allowances of 80, 75, 70 and 65 quan.

Lê Thông, National Archives Centre I · Chế độ tiền dưỡng liêm thời kỳ đầu triều Nguyễn (2023) Citation S1076 · Open source ↗

1838 paragraph/n.6;1855 order/n.9, Tự Đức year8 month9 day6

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C2056

Aymonier attributes ten-tiền ligature subdivision to Annamese imitation. This establishes limited accounting influence, not ancestry of the whole Cambodian bat account. Thai derivation and piastre absorption remain unverified.

Étienne Aymonier · Notice sur le Cambodge (1875) Citation S1077 · Open source ↗

Appendix, printed pp.63–64, Monnaies (kas, prak); account table distinguished from weights

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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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