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1 Cash - Hongguang Tongbao, with dot
| Issuer | Southern Ming regimes |
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| Year | 1644-1645 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field is plain and largely featureless, centred on the square perforation, with a single raised dot mark positioned above the central square hole serving as a mint or batch identifier. The surrounding field is smooth and unlettered, displaying the characteristic flat, unadorned surface typical of cast Southern Ming cash coins. The dot is the sole distinguishing feature differentiating this variety from plain-reverse examples. |
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The Hongguang reign lasted less than a year. The Hongguang Emperor — the Prince of Fu, Zhu Yousong — was enthroned in Nanjing in June 1644 following the fall of Beijing to Li Zicheng and the subsequent Qing conquest, only to be captured by Qing forces in May 1645. His cash coinage was struck in that narrow window, making the entire emission a product of a regime that knew, at some level, it was fighting for survival. The dot variety catalogued by Hartill as 21.17 reflects minor die differentiation within what was already a compressed and chaotic production period.