Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
泰
寶 通
昌 (Translation: Tai Chang Tong Bao Taichang (Emporer) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Crescent at various locations.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Fujian Provincial Mint,China Henan Provincial Mint,China Huguang Provincial Mint,modern-day Hubei-Hunan, China Jiangning (Nanjing) Mint,modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1361-1670) Jiangxi Provincial Mint,China Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644) Ministry of Public Works Mint(工部局), Beijing, China (1361-1726) Ministry of Public Works Mint(工部局), Nanjing, China (1361-1726) Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局),Nanjing, China (1599-1644) Shaanxi Provincial Mint,China Shandong Provincial Mint,China Shanxi Provincial Mint,China Yunnan Provincial Mint,China
Mintage
ND (1620) - Hartill#20.173: Crescent above - ND (1620) - Hartill#20.174: Crescent to the right -