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1 Cash - Daming Tongbao, Gong
| Issuer | Southern Ming regimes |
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| Year | 1644-1646 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin with a central square perforation. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading top-bottom-right-left: 大 (dà), 明 (míng), 通 (tōng), 寶 (bǎo), forming the legend 'Da Ming Tong Bao' (Great Ming Universal Currency). The characters are boldly rendered in raised relief within a plain, undecorated field, bounded by raised inner and outer rims. |
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| Obverse lettering | 大明通寶 (Translation: Da Ming Tong Bao — Great Ming [dynasty] Universal Currency) |
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| Reverse lettering | 工 (Translation: Gong [Ministry of Works]) |
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