Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
洪
寶 通
化 (Translation: Hong Hua Tong Bao Honghua (era of Wu Shifan, 1679-1681) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Mintage
ND
(1679-1681) - Hartill#21.112-115: Tong with closed head (Yunnan Mint; minor varieties) - ND
(1679-1681) - Hartill#22.121: Tong with open head (Guizhou Mint) -