3 Cash - Dade Tongbao, Regular script

Dade was the reign title of Temür Khan, grandson of Kublai Khan, who ruled as the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty after a contested succession in 1294. His decade-long reign was administratively conservative — he reversed several of his grandfather's more aggressive expansion policies and focused on stabilizing the monetary system, which had been badly strained by Kublai's overissue of paper currency. Bronze cash remained technically subordinate to paper money under Yuan fiscal doctrine, yet continued to circulate because ordinary commerce in northern China refused to abandon metal.

The 3-cash denomination reflects Yuan attempts to rationalize bronze coinage into a tiered system. Hartill 19.32 is among the more frequently encountered Yuan multiples, suggesting reasonably sustained output from northern mints during Temür's reign.