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1 Cash Kaiyuan Tongbao, Fang
| Issuer | Min Kingdom |
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| Year | 943-945 |
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| Currency | Cash (916-945) |
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| Obverse description | Cast round coin with a central square perforation, displaying four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion around the square hole, read in the traditional sequence of top, bottom, right, left. The four characters, rendered in clerical script (lishu), read 開元通寶 (Kaiyuan Tongbao). The characters are bold and slightly raised in low relief against a flat, undecorated field, with no inner or outer rim roping. The overall die execution is typical of Five Dynasties period provincial casting, with broad, somewhat irregular strokes characteristic of lead alloy production. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, clerical script) |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse with a central square perforation surrounded by a flat, largely plain field. A single Chinese character, 坊 (Fang), is placed above the square hole in regular script (kaishu), serving as a mint or workshop identifier denoting Fangzhou in Fujian province. The remainder of the reverse field is featureless, with no additional marks, rims, or decorative elements. The surface shows characteristic granular texture and patination consistent with a lead alloy casting of the Five Dynasties period. |
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