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1 Cash - Huangsong Tongbao, Tin imitation
| Issuer | Malay peninsula |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Reverse description | Plain, uninscribed reverse with a central square perforation aligned with the obverse. The flat field is entirely blank and undecorated, displaying a coarse, granular surface texture with grey-green patination typical of aged tin alloy. No rim raised border or any secondary markings are present, consistent with the simplified casting practices employed for these Malay peninsula tin imitations. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Huangsong Tongbao cash coins were produced during the Huangsong reign period of the Northern Song emperor Renzong, from 1049 to 1054. Tin imitations of Chinese cash circulated widely across the Malay peninsula and Indonesian archipelago as local substitutes, produced by regional mints or workshops filling a chronic shortage of genuine copper coinage. The originals were never struck in great quantity, making them an unusual choice of prototype — whoever selected this type likely worked from whatever example was locally available.