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2 Cash - Zhenghe Tongbao, Seal script
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1111-1118 |
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| Value | 2 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation (cash hole) surrounded by a plain inner rim, with four Chinese ideograms rendered in elegant Seal script (zhuanshu) disposed in the four quadrants around the hole, reading top-bottom, right-left: 政 (zhèng), 和 (hé), 通 (tōng), 寶 (bǎo). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief within a flat, undecorated field. A raised outer rim frames the entire design, consistent with Northern Song dynasty cash coinage conventions. The surface shows characteristic green patination from burial, confirming bronze composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | 政和通寶 (Zhenghe Tongbao — "Zhenghe era universal currency"; Zhenghe being the 4th reign era of Emperor Huizong, 1111–1118) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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