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10 Cash - Dazhong Tongbao, Bei Ping, with Shi
| Issuer | Great Zhong State |
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| Year | 1361-1368 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin featuring a central square perforation flanked by four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in cruciform fashion and read top-to-bottom, right-to-left. The legend 大中通寶 (Da Zhong Tong Bao) occupies the four quadrants of the obverse field, with 大 at the top, 通 to the right, 寶 at the bottom, and 中 to the left. The characters are boldly rendered in a slightly archaic, robust style typical of early Ming-era casting. A plain raised rim borders the outer edge, and a raised square border surrounds the central hole. The fields show the characteristic granular surface texture of sand-cast Chinese coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 大 寶 通 中 (Translation: Da Zhong Tong Bao Great Zhong (dynasty) / Universal currency) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a largely plain field divided by the central square perforation, with its raised square rim. The mint identifier 北平 (Bei Ping) appears above the central hole in two characters, and the denomination indicator 十 (Shi, meaning '10') is positioned to the left of the hole, identifying this as a ten-cash piece from the Beiping mint. The characters are cast in the same regular-script style as the obverse, though smaller and less elaborate. The outer raised rim is plain and continuous, consistent with the obverse. |
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