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1 Cash - Tongzheng Yuanbao
| Issuer | Former Shu Kingdom |
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| Year | 916 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin of the standard round form with a central square perforation, surrounded by a raised inner rim. Four Chinese characters in clerical script (lishu) are disposed in cruciform arrangement around the square hole, reading clockwise from the top: 通 (Tong), 正 (Zheng), 寶 (Bao), 元 (Yuan), together forming the reign-era legend Tongzheng Yuanbao. The characters are rendered in a bold, slightly worn relief against a flat field, with a raised outer rim encircling the entire obverse. The surface exhibits an olive-brown patina with traces of green cuprite corrosion consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Obverse lettering | 通 寶 正 元 (Translation: Tong Zheng Yuan Bao Tongzheng (4th era of Wang Jian, 916) / Original currency) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface and entirely plain, presenting a flat, undecorated field bounded by a raised inner rim around the square central perforation and a raised outer rim at the coin's periphery. No legend, symbols, or mint marks are present. The surface displays a dark olive-brown patina with areas of blackening and minor surface porosity typical of cast bronze coins from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. |
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