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1 Cash - Kaixi Tongbao
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1205-1207 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin centred by a raised-rim square perforation, around which four Chinese characters in kaishu (regular script) are disposed in clockwise reading order, one character in each quadrant of the field: 開 (top), 禧 (right), 通 (bottom), 寶 (left), together forming the reign-title legend 開禧通寶 (Kaixi Tongbao). The characters are rendered in bold, well-defined strokes with a raised inner square rim framing the central aperture and a raised outer rim encircling the coin. The field surface shows the characteristic granular texture of sand-cast production. |
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| Obverse lettering | 開禧通寶 (Translation: Kai Xi Tong Bao — Kaixi era (3rd reign era of Emperor Ningzong, 1205-1207) / Universal currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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