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3 Cash - Zhizheng Tongbao
| Issuer | Yuan Dynasty |
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| Year | 1350-1368 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin of standard round form with central square hole. The obverse bears the four-character reign title legend 至正通寶 (Zhizheng Tongbao) disposed in regular script (kaishu) reading top-bottom-right-left around the central perforation, a convention standard to Yuan dynasty cash coinage. The characters are rendered in bold, well-defined strokes within a plain inner rim and a raised outer rim. The flat fields show typical casting texture consistent with Yuan dynasty bronze production. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a bilingual denomination indication arranged around the central square hole. Above the hole appears a ʼPhags-pa script character ꡛꡏ (Sam, meaning 'three'), while below the hole the Chinese numeral 三 (sān, 'three') is cast in regular script, together denoting the coin's value of three cash. The reverse fields are otherwise plain, bounded by a raised inner and outer rim consistent with the obverse. The casting is typical of late Yuan dynasty production with moderate surface granularity. |
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