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| Location | People`s Republic of China |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field displays four large Chinese characters in high relief arranged around the central square hole, one character per side, reading clockwise from the top: 招財進寶. The textured granular background contrasts with the boldly cast regular-script legend. No additional devices or border inscription are present. |
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| Obverse lettering | 招財進寶 (Translation: zhāo cái jìn bǎo (attracting wealth & prosperity) - a greeting/idiom) |
| Reverse description | The reverse field depicts a sinuous dragon on the left and a phoenix on the right, both rendered in fine incised relief, encircling the central square hole. The two auspicious creatures face each other across the aperture, their bodies filling the field, with cloud-scroll motifs completing the composition. No inscriptions are present. |
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