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1 Cash Tianguo Taiping / Shengbao
| Issuer | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
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| Year | 1861-1864 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin of traditional Chinese round form with a central square hole. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central perforation, read top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 天 (tiān) above, 太 (tài) to the right, 國 (guó) below, and 平 (píng) to the left, forming the reign legend 太平天國 (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom). The characters are bold and well-defined in raised relief within a plain inner and outer raised rim. The field shows the characteristic rough, pitted surface typical of cast coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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