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1 Cash - Zhaowu Tongbao, Seal script
| Issuer | Great Zhou dynasty |
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| Year | 1678 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Four large seal-script (zhuanshu) Chinese ideograms arranged symmetrically around a central square perforation, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 昭 (top), 通 (right), 武 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend 昭武通寶 (Zhaowu Tongbao). The characters are boldly cast in high relief with the angular, archaic forms characteristic of seal script, set within a plain raised rim and a raised square rim surrounding the central hole. The flat field between the characters shows no additional ornament or mint marks. The overall design is typical of Southern Chinese rebel-issue cash coins of the late seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | 昭 寶 通 武 (Translation: Zhao Wu Tong Bao Zhaowu (era of Wu Sangui, 1678) / Universal currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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