1 Cash Shuiguan Tongbao

Features

Issuer Yunnan-Guizhou tribes (Empire of China)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1488-1505
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (1488-1505)
Composition Bronze
Weight 5.98 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
222120
References Hartill# 20.126
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 水
寶 通
 官

Translation:
Shui Guan Tong Bao
Shuiguan (City) / Circulating currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

Comments

These coins are often said to be issues of the Dali Kingdom; however, they are more likely to be issues of the tribal people in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, who were granted the rights to cast their own coins by the Ming dynasty. These coins are often very thick and heavy.

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ND (1488-1505) 

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