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1 Cash - Daming Tongbao, Hu
| Issuer | Southern Ming regimes |
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| Year | 1644-1646 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin of round form with a central square perforation. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading clockwise from the top: 大 (Da), 通 (Tong), 明 (Ming), 寶 (Bao), forming the legend 大明通寶 (Da Ming Tong Bao, meaning 'Great Ming Universal Currency'). The characters are rendered in bold relief within a plain, raised inner rim and a wide, flat outer rim. The fields show characteristic patination consistent with cast bronze alloy coinage of the Southern Ming period. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Obverse lettering | 大明通寶 (Translation: Da Ming Tong Bao - Great Ming [dynasty] / Universal currency) |
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