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1 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao, southern type, Hu Jiu
| Issuer | Ministry of Revenue Mint, Ming Dynasty |
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| Year | 1630-1644 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Two Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) cast in the field on either side of the central square hole: 戶 (Hu) above and 舊 (Jiu) below, denoting the Ministry of Revenue old mint at Nanjing. The characters are relatively small in proportion to the broad flat field, enclosed within a plain raised rim, consistent with southern-type Ming cash production. |
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| Reverse lettering | 戶舊 (Translation: Hu / Jiu - Ministry of Revenue / Old (mint)) |
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