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Fractional cash - Dade Zhibao, Regular script, temple coin
| Issuer | Yuan Dynasty |
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| Year | 1297-1307 |
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| Weight | 0.98 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 大 德 之 寶 (Translation: Da De Zhi Bao) |
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| Mintage | ND (1297-1307) |
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The Dade reign of Emperor Chengzong saw fractional cash produced in quantities that remain poorly documented — Hartill's absence of a catalog number reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty about the full range of small-denomination issues from this period. Temple coins of this type were not state currency in the conventional sense; they circulated within Buddhist and Daoist institutional economies, used for offerings, merit-making transactions, and redistribution by clergy.
At under a gram, this piece was near the practical lower limit of cast bronze coinage.