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3 Cash - Hongwu Tongbao, Zhe
| Issuer | Ming Dynasty Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1368-1393 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin bearing four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in the traditional cross pattern reading top, bottom, right, left around a central square hole. The characters 洪武通寶 (Hóngwǔ Tōngbǎo) occupy the four cardinal fields, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left. The strokes are bold and well-defined against a flat, unadorned field. No inner or outer rim decoration is present beyond the plain raised borders framing the central perforation and the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a plain, flat field with a single Chinese character 浙 (Zhè) cast in regular script above the central square hole, identifying the Zhejiang Provincial Mint as the place of issue. The character is bold and clearly rendered, consistent with standard Ming dynasty mint-mark practice. The remainder of the field is blank, with plain raised borders framing both the square perforation and the coin's outer edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | 浙 (Translation: Zhe — Zhejiang (mint)) |
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