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1 Cash - Tianyou Tongbao
| Issuer | Dazhou Kingdom |
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| Year | 1354-1357 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse lettering | 天佑通寶 (Translation: Tianyou Tongbao — "Tianyou era circulating treasure", era of Zhang Shicheng, 1354-1357) |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse with a central square hole flanked by raised inner and outer rims, with no inscription, symbols, or decorative elements. The flat fields show considerable green patination and casting irregularities consistent with the coin's age and burial history. This blank reverse is characteristic of the standard cash coinage issued by the Dazhou Kingdom. |
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The Dazhou Kingdom was one of several rebel states that fragmented the collapsing Yuan dynasty during the Red Turban uprisings of the 1350s. Its ruler, Chen Youliang, proclaimed himself emperor in 1360 — but the Tianyou reign title predates that claim, used while he still operated as a regional warlord carving territory from Yuan control along the Yangtze. Chen was ultimately defeated and killed at the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363 by Zhu Yuanzhang, the future Hongwu Emperor, in one of the largest naval engagements in premodern Chinese history.