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2 Cash - Hongwu Tongbao, Fu
| Issuer | Ministry of Revenue, Ming Dynasty |
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| Year | 1368-1393 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole flanked by four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in cruciform reading order: top to bottom and right to left, forming the legend 洪武通寶 (Hongwu Tongbao). The characters are bold and well-formed, cast in moderate relief against a flat field, with a plain inner rim surrounding the square perforation and a raised outer rim encircling the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Obverse lettering | 洪 寶 通 武 (Translation: Hong Wu Tong Bao Hongwu (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
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