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1 Cash - Anonymous Kaiyuan Tongbao, with line
| Issuer | Tang Dynasty |
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| Year | 621-907 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Round bronze cash coin featuring a central square perforation flanked by four Chinese clerical-script characters arranged in cruciform fashion around the hole. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left, the four characters 開元通寶 (Kai Yuan Tong Bao) are boldly cast in raised relief against a flat field. The characters are well-formed in the clerical (lishu) tradition, with broad, confident strokes characteristic of early Tang imperial coinage. A raised inner rim surrounds the square hole, and a raised outer rim borders the coin's circumference. The surfaces display an even, dark patina consistent with age and circulation. |
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| Obverse lettering | 開元通寶 (Translation: Kai Yuan Tong Bao - Inaugural currency) |
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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 |
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