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| Issuer | Southern Tang Kingdom |
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| Year | 959-961 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese characters in seal script (zhuanshu) arranged in cruciform reading order — top, bottom, right, left — surrounding a central square hole: 唐 (top), 國 (bottom), 通 (right), 寶 (left), forming the legend 唐國通寶 (Tang Guo Tong Bao). The characters are boldly cast with the characteristic rounded, archaic strokes of seal script, set within a raised square rim surrounding the central perforation and an outer raised circular border. The flat field shows natural patination consistent with cast bronze coinage of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (seal script) |
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| Mintage | ND (959-961) |
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