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Pis bolong - Bali

Location Indonesia (1949-date)
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Type Spiritual token
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Obverse description Four crude cast Chinese characters arranged around the central square hole in the traditional cash-coin format, reading top-bottom-right-left. The characters are roughly rendered in low relief, imitating a Qianlong-era Chinese cash coin legend.
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Reverse description Two crude Manchu script characters in low relief, one on each side of the central square hole, reading vertically. The rendering is rough and typical of locally cast Balinese pis bolong imitations of Chinese cash coins.
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