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1 Cash - Zhidao Yuanbao, Tin imitation
| Uitgever | Malay peninsula |
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| Jaar | |
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| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
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| Dikte | 1.0 mm |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central square perforation surrounded by a flat inner rim, with four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform order and read clockwise in the four quadrants of the field: 至 (top), 道 (right), 元 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend Zhidao Yuanbao. The characters are rendered in low relief against a flat, unadorned field, consistent with the crude casting technique characteristic of Malay tin imitations of Song dynasty cash coins. The outer rim is raised and slightly irregular, reflecting the hand-finished nature of the local casting process. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Oplage | ND |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Tin "cash" imitations circulated widely across the Malay peninsula and Borneo as a practical response to chronic shortages of Chinese copper cash, which dominated small-denomination trade throughout the region. Local production in tin — a material the peninsula had in abundance — allowed petty commerce to continue where genuine imported coinage simply wasn't available in sufficient quantities. The Zhidao reign period corresponds to 995–997 AD in the Northern Song, making authentic examples already ancient by the time these imitations entered circulation.