1 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao; large type; with Zhi Feng

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Ming dynasty › Chongzhen (崇祯帝) (1627-1644)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1628-1630
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Brass
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
222449
References Hartill# 20.241,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 2077
Fubao Ding, 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:
 崇
寶 通
 禎

Translation:
Chong Zhen Tong Bao
Congzhen (Emperor) / Universal currency

Reverse

One Chinese ideogram above and one to the right.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:

 奉

Translation:
Zhi Feng
Imperial Edict

Edge

Smooth.

Mints

Chaojing Mint, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1628-1644)
Chongqing-fu Mint, modern-day Chongqing, China (circa 1628-1644)
Gongqing Mint, China (circa 1628-1644)
Guangdong Provincial Mint, China
Guizhou Provincial Mint, China
Jiangning (Nanjing) Mint, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1361-1670)
Jiazhou Mint, modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (circa 1628-1644)
Luzhou Mint, Sichuan, China (circa 1628-1644)
Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644)
Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Beijing, China (1361-1726)
Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Nanjing, China (1361-1726)
Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Beijing, China (1622-1727)
Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644)
Miyun Garison Mint, modern-day Miyun District, Beijing, China (1625-1648)
Taiping Mint, Gansu, China
Tongguanshan Mint, modern-day District de Tongguanshan, Anhui, China (circa 1628-1644)
Xuanfu Garrison Mint, modern-day District de Xuanhua, Hebei, China (circa 1625-1644)
Yansui (Yulin) Garison Mint, Yulin, Shaanxi, China (circa 1628-1648)
Yingtian Mint, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1628-1644)

Comments

Hartill suggests the larger, heavier coins (around 26 millimetres and weighing 1.3 Qian) were the first 1 Cash pieces produced. By 1630, coins minted in the north weighted 1.0 Qian and coins minted in the south weighed 8 Fen or less.

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ND (1628-1630) 

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