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1 Cash - Anonymous Kaiyuan Tongbao, silver
| Issuer | Tang Dynasty Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 732-907 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Mint | Danzhou, modern-day Yichuan County, Shaanxi, China Ezhou, modern-day Wuhan, Hubei,China Fuzhou, Fujian, China Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Guiyang Inspectorate, modern-day Guiyang County, Hunan, China Guizhou, modern-day Guilin,Guangxi, China Hongzhou, modern-day Nanchang,Jiangxi, China Jingzhao, modern-day Xi'an,Shaanxi, China Jingzhou, Hubei, China Lantian, modern-day Lantian County, Shaanxi, China Liangzhou, modern-day Nanzheng District, Shaanxi, China Luozhou, modern-day Luoyang,Henan, China Pingzhou, modern-day Lulong County, Hebei, China Runzhou, modern-day Dantu District, Jiangsu, China Tanzhou, modern-day Changsha,Hunan, China Xiangzhou, modern-day Xianfeng County, Hubei, China Xingzhou, modern-day Lueyang County, Shaanxi, China Xuanzhou, modern-day Xuancheng,Anhui, China Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China Yanzhou, modern-day Yanzhou District, Shandong, China Yizhou, modern-day Chengdu,Sichuan, China Yongzhou, modern-day Lingling District, Hunan, China Yuezhou, modern-day Shaoxing,Zhejiang, China Zizhou, modern-day Santai County, Sichuan, China |
| Mintage | ND (732-907) |
| Additional information |
The Kaiyuan Tongbao is one of the most consequential monetary introductions in Chinese history — it broke from the earlier system of naming coins after their weight denomination and instead used a reign-era title, a convention that persisted for over a thousand years. The standard cast-bronze versions circulated in enormous quantities. Silver examples are a different matter entirely: almost certainly ritual or presentation pieces rather than trade coins, produced for court ceremonies, offerings, or as gifts within the imperial household.
Hartill's 14.14 designation covers anonymous issues where no mint attribution has been established. The .528 fine silver content is notably impure for a presentation piece, which has prompted debate about whether some examples were provincial rather than central court productions.