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1 Cash - Taiping Tongbao, Ming, with crescent
| Issuer | Small Sword Society |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin featuring four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform reading order around the central square perforation: 太 (Tai) above, 平 (Ping) below, 通 (Tong) to the right, and 寶 (Bao) to the left, forming the reign legend 太平通寶 (Taiping Tongbao). A small crescent-shaped symbol appears in the upper-right quadrant of the field, between the characters 太 and 通, serving as a mintmark or control mark distinctive to this issue. The characters are rendered in relief with broad, bold strokes typical of Small Sword Society rebel coinage, set within a plain raised inner rim and an outer rim of similar form. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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