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2 Cash - Hongwu Tongbao, Zhe
| Issuer | Ming Dynasty Imperial Government |
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| Year | 1368-1393 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by a plain inner rim, with four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading clockwise from the top: 洪 (top), 寶 (right), 通 (bottom), 武 (left), forming the reign-era legend 洪武通寶 (Hongwu Tongbao, meaning 'Hongwu Circulating Treasure'). The characters are rendered in standard script (kaishu) with bold, even strokes typical of early Ming imperial cast coinage. A raised rim borders the outer edge of the coin, and the flat fields show the characteristic granular surface texture of sand-cast bronze production. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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