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1 Cash - Yongli Tongbao, Gong
| Issuer | Southern Ming regimes |
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| Year | 1646-1659 |
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| Reference(s) | Hartill#21.48, FD#2115, Schjoth#1311 |
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| Obverse lettering | 永 通 寶 曆 (Translation: Yong Li Tong Bao Yongli (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a largely plain field surrounding the central square perforation, framed by raised inner and outer rims consistent with the obverse. A single Chinese character in regular script, 工 (Gong), appears in one quadrant relative to the central hole, denoting the Ministry of Works (Gongbu) as the issuing authority or mint department. The field is otherwise unadorned, as is typical of Southern Ming cash issues, and the surface shows the characteristic granular texture of sand-cast production. |
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The Yongli Emperor — the last serious claimant of the Ming dynastic line — governed from a court in perpetual retreat, pushed steadily southward and westward by Qing armies from 1646 until his execution in Yunnan in 1662. His cash coins were struck across a shifting network of provisional mints as the regime lost territory, making consistent attribution difficult and mint-specific examples genuinely scarce. The Gong mint designation adds a layer of administrative specificity to what was otherwise a chaotic, improvised coinage operation.