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100 Cash - Yumin Tongbao, Zhe Yi Qian
| Issuer | Fujian, Fiefdom of |
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| Year | 1674-1676 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Obverse lettering | 裕 寶 通 民 (Translation: Yu Min Tong Bao Yumin (era of Geng Jingzhong, 1674-1676) / Universal currency) |
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The Yumin Tongbao issues belong to the short-lived fiefdom granted to Geng Jingzhong, one of the Three Feudatories whose rebellion against the Kangxi Emperor began in 1673. Geng controlled Fujian province and struck these oversized cash pieces — the "Zhe Yi Qian" inscription marking them as equivalent to one qian in silver — to fund his military campaign. The rebellion collapsed faster than anticipated; Geng surrendered in 1676 and was later executed in 1682.
Surviving examples frequently show uneven casting typical of emergency provincial production under wartime conditions.