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1 Cash - Dazhong Tongbao
| Issuer | Great Zhong State |
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| Year | 1361-1368 |
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| Currency | Cash (1361-1368) |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation (cash hole) surrounded by a plain inner rim and a raised outer rim. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading top-bottom then right-left: 大 (dà) above, 中 (zhōng) below, 通 (tōng) to the right, and 寶 (bǎo) to the left, forming the legend 大中通寶 (Dazhong Tongbao). The characters are bold and well-defined against a plain, flat field. The coin exhibits the typical cast finish of early Ming-period copper cash coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 大中通寶 (Translation: Da Zhong Tong Bao — Great Zhong / Universal currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1361-1368) - Hartill#20.1: Tong with one dot - ND (1361-1368) - Hartill#20.2: Tong with two dots - |
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