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5 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao, Gong
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1644 |
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| Value | 5 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked by two Chinese characters positioned horizontally in the field, one to each side of the perforation within a raised border rim. The character 五 (Wu, meaning 'five') appears to the left and 工 (Gong, denoting the Ministry of Public Works mint) appears to the right, together indicating a denomination of five cash issued by the Gong (Ministry of Works) mint. The reverse field is otherwise plain, with a smooth, flat surface characteristic of cast brass coinage of the late Ming dynasty. |
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| Mintage | 1644: ND (1644) |
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