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1 Cash - Dashun Tongbao, Hu
| Issuer | Xi Dynasty (Zhang Xianzhong regime) |
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| Year | 1644-1647 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese characters in standard regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central square perforation, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 大順通寶 (Da Shun Tong Bao). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief within a plain, undecorated field, with no inner or outer rim decoration beyond the coin's edge. The casting shows characteristic features of mid-17th century rebel-issue coinage, with relatively broad rims framing the square central hole. The overall style is consistent with contemporaneous Ming-period cash coinage traditions. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Zhang Xianzhong declared the Xi Dynasty at Chengdu in 1644 — the same year the Ming fell to Li Zicheng and then to the Qing. His regime controlled Sichuan for roughly three years and developed a reputation in Chinese historical sources for extraordinary violence against the provincial population. The Dashun Tongbao issues attributed to the Hu mint are among the more frequently encountered of his coinages, though the regime's brevity and violent end in 1647, when Qing forces killed Zhang in battle, kept total production volumes modest.