5 Cash - Hongwu Tongbao; Gui
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Ming dynasty › Hongwu (明太祖) (1368-1398)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1368-1393 |
| Value | 5 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 222105 |
| References | Hartill# 20.105 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
洪
寶 通
武
Translation:
Hong Wu Tong Bao
Hongwu (Emperor) / Universal currency
Reverse
One Chinese ideogram above and value below.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
桂
五
Translation:
Gui / Wu
Guilin (mint) / 5 Cash
Edge
Plain
Mint
| 桂 | Guilin Mint, Guangxi, China (circa 1361-1908) |
Comments
Casting of Hongwu coins started in 1368, but was not continuous. Large coins were discontinued in 1371, with all minting being suspended from 1375 to 1376, then again from 1387 to 1389 (that time due to a copper shortage). Minting was finally stopped again in 1393 in favour of paper money.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1368-1393) | |||||||||||||||
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