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Token - Hongwu Imperial Edict
| Location | People's Republic of China |
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| Type | Spiritual token |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze token with a central square hole surrounded by four large Chinese characters in raised relief reading 洪武天下太平 (Hongwu Peaceful World), arranged in the traditional cross pattern around the central aperture. The field displays green patina over a bronze ground, with a raised rim. |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse featuring four large Chinese characters in raised relief arranged around the central square hole, reading 聖旨午人存日月明 (Imperial Edict — Five people remain, Sun Moon Ming Dynasty), cast in the same traditional cross layout. The surface carries heavy green patina consistent with age. |
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| Reverse lettering | 聖旨 午人存 日月明 |
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