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1/10 Cash - Taiping Tongbao, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 976-989 |
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| Weight | 4.16 g |
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| Obverse description | Cast iron coin of round form with a central square perforation (cash-type flan). Four Chinese characters in clerical script (lishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central square hole, reading top-to-bottom then right-to-left: 太平通寶 (Taiping Tongbao). The characters occupy the four cardinal fields between the square rim of the central hole and the raised inner border. The coin displays a plain raised rim at the outer edge and a squared inner rim framing the perforation, both cast in relief. The surfaces show the characteristic granular texture typical of iron-cast Song-era cash coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 太平通寶 (Translation: Tai Ping Tong Bao — Taiping era [976-984] / Universal currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (976-989) |
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