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3 Cash - Hongwu Tongbao, Fu
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint / Provincial Mints, Ming Dynasty |
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| Year | 1368-1393 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin with a central square perforation. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading top-to-bottom then right-to-left: 洪 (Hóng) above, 武 (Wǔ) below, 通 (Tōng) to the right, and 寶 (Bǎo) to the left, together forming the reign-title inscription 洪武通寶 (Hongwu Tongbao). The characters are boldly cast in moderate relief within a plain inner rim, with a flat field and outer rim encircling the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 洪武通寶 (Translation: Hongwu Tongbao / "Precious currency of the Hongwu [reign]") |
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| Mint | 福建局 — Fujian Provincial Mint, Fuzhou, China |
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