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10 Cash - Daguan Tongbao, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1107-1110 |
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| Reference(s) | Hartill#16.427 |
| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a plain inner rim and a raised outer rim. Four Chinese characters in the elegant Slender Gold (Shoujin) calligraphic style, attributed to Emperor Huizong, are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading top, bottom, right, left: 大觀通寶 (Da Guan Tong Bao). The field between the characters and the rims is plain and unadorned. The coin exhibits the characteristic cast surface texture of Northern Song iron cash. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, Slender Gold script) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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