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1 Cash - Anonymous Kaiyuan Tongbao, Hong, with crescent
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 841-907 |
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| Weight | 3.89 g |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim, with four Chinese characters in clerical script (lishu) arranged in cruciform reading order: top to bottom and right to left, reading 開元通寶 (Kaiyuan Tongbao). The characters are bold and well-defined in relief against a flat field, enclosed by a plain raised outer rim. The coin exhibits a dark brown patina with areas of green cuprite encrustation consistent with age and burial. The overall casting is typical of Tang dynasty monetary production, with clean stroke definition on the ideograms. |
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| Obverse lettering | 開元通寶 (Translation: Kaiyuan Tongbao – Inaugural currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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