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10 Cash - Qianyuan Zhongbao, with cloud
| Issuer | Tang Dynasty Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 758-759 |
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| Value | 10 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by a plain inner rim. Four Chinese clerical-script ideograms arranged in cruciform fashion around the central perforation, read in the traditional sequence top-bottom, right-left: 乾 (top), 重 (right), 寶 (bottom), 元 (left), forming the legend Qianyuan Zhongbao. The characters are boldly cast in relief within a broad, flat field, with a raised outer rim encircling the entire face. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, clerical script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse field featuring a central square perforation with a raised inner rim. A single auspicious cloud motif is cast in relief above the square hole in the upper field, serving as a mint or workshop mark distinctive to this emission. The outer rim is raised and well-defined, with the remainder of the field left unadorned. |
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