Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
洪
寶 通
武 (Translation: Hong Wu Tong Bao Hongwu (Emperor) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Beiping Mint, Beijing, China(circa 1361-1393) Fujian Provincial Mint,China Guangdong Provincial Mint,China Guilin Mint, Guangxi, China(circa 1361-1908) Henan Provincial Mint,China Hubei Provincial Mint,China Jiangning (Nanjing) Mint,modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1361-1670) Jinan Mint, Shandong, China(circa 1361-1855) Ministry of Public Works Mint(工部局), Beijing, China (1361-1726) Ministry of Public Works Mint(工部局), Nanjing, China (1361-1726) Zhejiang Provincial Mint,China
Mintage
ND
(1368-1393) - Hartill#20.57: Tong with one dot - ND
(1368-1393) - Hartill#20.58: Tong with two dots; Regular Wu - ND
(1368-1393) - Hartill#20.59: Tong with two dots; Wu with dot below horizontal line -