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1 Cash Kaiyuan Tongbao
| Issuer | Uncertain Chinese kingdoms |
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| Year | 907-971 |
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| Currency | Cash (907-971) |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim, with four Chinese characters in clerical script (lishu) arranged in the four cardinal positions around the central hole, reading top-to-bottom then right-to-left: 開 (top), 元 (right), 通 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the inscription Kaiyuan Tongbao. The characters are boldly cast in raised relief against a flat field, with a plain outer rim encircling the design. The coin exhibits the characteristic features of a lead local imitation, with somewhat coarse casting quality and irregular surface texture consistent with provincial manufacture during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. |
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| Obverse lettering | 開 寶 通 元 (Translation: Kai Yuan Tong Bao Inaugural currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (907-971) - Hartill#15.114: Regular style - ND (907-971) - Hartill#15.116: Local style - |
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