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2 Cash - Zhizheng Tongbao
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1350-1368 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse lettering | 至正通寶 (Translation: Zhi Zheng Tong Bao — Zhizheng era (1341-1368) of Toghon Temür / Universal currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Zhizheng Tongbao series was issued under Emperor Huizong's distant successor Toghon Temür, the last Yuan emperor, during a period of catastrophic dynastic collapse. Massive flooding of the Yellow River in 1344 displaced hundreds of thousands and triggered the rebel movements — Red Turbans chief among them — that would ultimately drive the Mongols from China entirely. Copper cash continued to be struck even as Ming forces closed in on Dadu.
The two-cash denomination of this series is distinguished by a reverse inscription denoting value, an unusual feature for Song and Yuan-era cash that reflects the monetary disorder of the period.