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1 Cash - Tianqi Tongbao
| Issuer | Tianwan Kingdom |
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| Year | 1358 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin featuring four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform reading order: top, bottom, right, left around a central square perforation. The legend reads 天啟通寶 (Tianqi Tongbao), denoting the Tianqi reign era of Xu Shouhui's Tianwan Kingdom. The characters are boldly rendered in raised relief against a flat field, with a broad outer rim encircling the design. The square central hole is flanked symmetrically by the four ideograms, consistent with standard Song-Yuan transitional period cash coinage conventions. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse (uniface) with a broad, slightly raised outer rim surrounding the central square perforation. The field is entirely unadorned, showing the characteristic flat, featureless surface typical of cast cash coins of this period. Patination and casting texture are visible across the surface. |
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