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2 Cash - Tianqi Tongbao, with dot
| Issuer | Imperial China (Ming Dynasty) |
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| Year | 1621-1627 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Mint | Jiangning (Nanjing) Mint, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1361-1670) Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644) Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Beijing, China (1361-1726) Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Nanjing, China (1361-1726) Ministry of Revenue Mint, New Branch (戶部局), Nanjing, China (circa 1623) Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Beijing, China (1622-1727) Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644) Miyun Garrison Mint, modern-day Miyun District, Beijing, China (1625-1648) Xuanfu Garrison Mint, modern-day Xuanhua District, Hebei, China (circa 1625-1644) Yunnan Provincial Mint, China Zhejiang Provincial Mint, China Zhili Garrison Mints, modern-day Hebei-Beijing-Tianjin, China |
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The Tianqi Emperor's reign was administratively dominated by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, whose faction controlled court finances and, by extension, the imperial mints. Cash production during this period was notoriously inconsistent — alloy quality fluctuated sharply depending on which foundry held current favor. The dot variety on this 2-cash piece is a positional marker distinguishing it from the standard issue, and Hartill documents it separately precisely because such variants were not accidental; dot placement served as a mint or batch identifier within a system that was already struggling to maintain output standards.