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1 Cash - Anonymous Kaiyuan Tongbao, Jing, type 1, with crescent
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 841-907 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin featuring a central square perforation surrounded by a plain raised inner rim. The four characters of the legend are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, read clockwise from the top in the traditional top-bottom, right-left sequence: 開 (Kai), 元 (Yuan), 通 (Tong), 寶 (Bao). The characters are rendered in clerical script (lishu) in low relief against a flat, unornamented field. A raised outer rim encircles the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, clerical script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse with a central square perforation framed by a raised inner rim. A single Chinese character 京 (Jing), rendered in regular script (kaishu), appears in low relief above the central hole in the upper field. A crescent-shaped incuse or raised mark is positioned below the central perforation in the lower field, serving as the mint-identifying privy mark characteristic of this Jingzhao issue. The outer rim is raised and plain. |
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