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3 Cash - Daguan Tongbao, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1107-1110 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation (穿) surrounded by a raised inner rim, with four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading order — top, bottom, right, left — rendered in the elegant Slender Gold (瘦金体) calligraphic style attributed to Emperor Huizong himself. The legend 大觀通寶 (Daguan Tongbao) occupies the four cardinal fields between the central hole and the outer raised rim. The flat, unadorned field and the refined, attenuated brushstroke-like strokes of the characters are characteristic of Huizong's celebrated imperial script. The coin is cast in iron, and the obverse surface exhibits the typical roughness and oxidation associated with Song dynasty iron cash. |
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| Obverse lettering | 大觀通寶 (Translation: Da Guan Tong Bao — Daguan era (3rd reign era of Emperor Huizong, 1107-1110) / Universal currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1107-1110) |
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