Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
昭
寶 通
武 (Translation: Zhao Wu Tong Bao Zhaowu (era of Wu Sangui, 1678) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Mintage
ND (1678) - Hartill#21.105: Tong with closed head and two dots (Yunnan Mint) - ND (1678) - Hartill#21.107: Tong with closed head and one dot; dot of Wu above (Hunan Mint) - ND (1678) - Hartill#21.108: Tong with closed head and one dot; dot of Wu below (Hunan Mint) - ND (1678) - Hartill#21.109: Tong with open head (Guizhou Mint) -