Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Cash - Daming Tongbao
| Issuer | Southern Ming regimes |
|---|---|
| Year | 1644-1646 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 3.74 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by four boldly cast Chinese characters arranged in the traditional top-bottom-right-left reading order, forming the legend 大明通寶 (Daming Tongbao, meaning 'Great Ming circulating treasure') in regular script (kaishu). The characters occupy the four quadrants of the inner field, each separated by the raised rims of the square central hole. A plain, raised outer rim defines the coin's circumference, with the flat field between the legend and the rim bearing the characteristic striated texture of sand-cast production. The overall style reflects the provincial casting practices of the Southern Ming resistance regimes. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1644-1646) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |