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3 Cash - Tianding Tongbao
| Issuer | Tianwan Kingdom |
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| Year | 1359-1360 |
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| Weight | 9.37 g |
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| Obverse description | Four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in the traditional cruciform reading order — top, bottom, right, left — around a central square perforation: 天 (tiān) at top, 定 (dìng) at left, 通 (tōng) at right, and 寶 (bǎo) at bottom, together reading 天定通寶 (Tianding Tongbao). The characters are boldly cast in high relief with broad strokes, filling the fields generously between the square central hole and the plain raised rim. The flat field shows typical patination consistent with cast bronze of the late Yuan rebel-state period. No additional marks, symbols, or decorative elements appear in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Tianwan Kingdom was the short-lived rebel state proclaimed by Chen Youliang in 1359, one of several competing powers that emerged from the collapse of Mongol Yuan authority in southern China. Chen, a former fisherman's son who rose through the Red Turban movement, controlled much of the middle Yangtze region and posed the most serious early military threat to Zhu Yuanzhang — the man who would ultimately found the Ming dynasty. These coins were struck during a window of perhaps twelve to eighteen months before Chen's defeat and death at the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363.