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5 Cash - Hongwu Tongbao, with Wu Qian
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1368-1393 |
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| Value | 5 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by a plain raised rim on both inner and outer edges. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in the traditional reading order — top, bottom, right, left — around the central perforation, reading 洪武通寶 (Hongwu Tongbao). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief against a flat, undecorated field, exhibiting the authoritative and measured calligraphic style characteristic of early Ming dynasty coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 洪武通寶 (Translation: Hong Wu Tong Bao — Hongwu (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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