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50 Cash - Wang Mang First reform, repeated legend

Issuer Xin Dynasty (Wang Mang)
Year 7-23
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Reference(s) Hartill#9.8; KM#C10.1
Obverse description Central square hole (穿) surrounded by a raised square inner rim, with the four-character legend 大泉五十 (Da Quan Wu Shi, meaning 'Large Coin, Fifty') arranged in boustrophedon fashion reading top-to-bottom on the right and left sides of the central aperture. The field is divided by raised lines connecting the inner and outer rims at the cardinal points, creating four quadrants. The outer rim is broad and slightly raised. The style is characteristic of Wang Mang-era cast bronze coinage, with well-defined strokes in the archaic seal script tradition.
Obverse script Chinese
Obverse lettering 大泉五十
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