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10 Cash - Dazhong Tongbao, E, with Shi
| Issuer | Great Zhong State |
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| Year | 1361-1368 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in cruciform reading order: top to bottom and right to left, reading 大中通寶 (Da Zhong Tong Bao). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief within a plain, unadorned field, with no inner or outer rim decoration beyond the coin's slightly raised border. The calligraphic style is formal and well-executed, consistent with official coinage of the late Yuan–early Ming transitional period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Great Zhong State was the short-lived polity declared by Zhu Yuanzhang's rival Chen Youliang in 1360, during the final fractured years before Ming consolidation. Chen was killed at the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363 — one of the largest naval engagements in history — and his son Chen Li surrendered the remaining territory by 1364, making this issue one of the briefest rebel coinages of the entire Yuan-Ming transition period.
The "Shi" designation marks a regional mint attribution, and at this module the casting demands were considerable. Few examples survive without significant porosity.