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2 Cash - Dayi Tongbao

Issuer Great Han dynasty
Year 1360-1361
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Shape Round with a square hole
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Obverse script Chinese (traditional, regular script)
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Reverse description Plain reverse featuring a central square hole surrounded by a smooth, undecorated field. A raised inner rim borders the square perforation, and a plain outer rim defines the coin's edge. The surface exhibits extensive green patination and surface encrustation typical of excavated cast bronze coinage of this period. No inscription, symbols, or mint marks are present.
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The Great Han was one of several short-lived rebel kingdoms that fractured the collapsing Yuan dynasty in the 1350s and 60s. Chen Youliang proclaimed himself emperor of Han in 1360, controlling much of the middle Yangtze region, and issued the Dayi Tongbao as an assertion of imperial legitimacy against both the fading Mongol court and his rivals — including Zhu Yuanzhang, who would eventually found the Ming. Chen was killed at the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363, one of the largest naval engagements in premodern history, ending the dynasty after roughly three years.

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