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5 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao, Jian
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1644 |
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| Value | 5 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by a plain inner rim. Four large Chinese characters arranged in cruciform order around the central perforation, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 崇 (top), 禎 (bottom), 通 (right), 寶 (left), forming the reign-title inscription Chongzhen Tongbao. Characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) and are bold and well-struck against a flat field. A raised outer rim borders the coin's circumference. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked by two large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu): 監 (Jian) to the right and 五 (Wu) to the left, denoting the denomination of 5 Cash and the mint supervisor mark. The field is flat and unadorned save for a plain inner rim surrounding the perforation and a raised outer rim at the coin's edge. |
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