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2 Cash - Tianyou Tongbao
| Issuer | Dazhou Kingdom |
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| Year | 1354-1357 |
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| Value | 2 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse field with a central square hole flanked by raised inner and outer rims. A single Chinese character in seal script (zhuanshu) is positioned above the square hole, reading 貳 (er, meaning "two"), denoting the denomination of 2 Cash. The remainder of the reverse field is blank, and the surface displays a natural green and brown patina consistent with aged bronze casting. The raised rims are well-defined, typical of cast coinage of the late Yuan transitional period. |
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The Dazhou Kingdom was one of several short-lived regimes that emerged from the chaos of the Red Turban Rebellions against Yuan dynasty rule in the 1350s. Its founder, Ming Yuzhen, controlled Sichuan province and struck this issue as a declaration of administrative independence from both the collapsing Mongol court and rival insurgent powers. The kingdom survived him by only a few years after his death in 1366, absorbed ultimately by the rising Ming dynasty in 1371.
Hartill 19.136 is among the scarcer Red Turban-era types, with genuine examples frequently confused with later imitations produced during the Qing period antiquarian revival.