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| Location | People's Republic of China |
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| Composition | Aluminium brass |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform around a central square hole, reading 太平通寶 (Taiping Tongbao, meaning 'Taiping circulating treasure'). The field is textured with a fine granular pattern, and the legend is rendered in regular script in low relief. |
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| Obverse lettering | 太平通寶 |
| Reverse description | Two sinuous dragons in relief, facing each other across the central square hole and converging at the top toward a flaming pearl device. The dragons' scaled bodies encircle the hole on either side, with floral and cloud elements filling the lower field. |
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