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1 Cash - Dading Tongbao, repeated inscription
| Issuer | Great Jin |
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| Year | 1178 |
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| Currency | Cash (1158-1216) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Cast bronze reverse repeating the identical four-character reign legend 大定通寶 (Dading Tongbao) in regular script (楷書), arranged cruciformly around the central square perforation, read top-to-bottom, right-to-left. The characters on this side exhibit slightly softer casting definition relative to the obverse, with areas of green patination visible across the flat field. A plain inner rim borders the square hole, and a raised outer rim frames the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | 大定通寶 (Translation: Da Ding Tong Bao — Dading (era of Shizong, 1161-1189) / Universal currency) |
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