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Wen Xing - State of Qin
| Issuer | Qin, State of |
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| Year | 250 BC - 220 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Circular bronze cash coin with a central square perforation, featuring two Chinese seal-script characters arranged in the right and left fields flanking the square hole. The inscription reads 'Wen Xing' (信文), rendered in archaic seal script associated with the fiefdom of Lu Buwei under the State of Qin. The characters are cast in low relief within clearly delineated quadrants separated by raised rim borders running from the central square hole to the outer rim. The field surfaces are flat and unadorned, with the coin exhibiting the characteristic broad, plain raised rims typical of late Warring States period Qin coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | Chinese ideograms in seal script - Right to left: 信文 = Fiefdom of Lu Buwei |
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| Edge | Plain |
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