1 Cash - Tangguo Tongbao; Seal script

1 Cash - Tangguo (Tongbao; Seal script) - obverse1 Cash - Tangguo (Tongbao; Seal script) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Southern Tang Kingdom (Ten Kingdoms)
Emperor Li Jing (943-961)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 959-961
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (937-976)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.72 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
42105
References Hartill# 15.80,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 814,
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Schjoth# 441
Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

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

Script: Chinese (traditional, seal script)

Lettering:
 唐
寶 通
 國

Lettering (regular font):
 唐
寶 通
 國

Translation:
Tang Guo Tong Bao
Tang Kingdom / Universal currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (959-961)  89% Hartill#15.80: Regular characters
ND (959-961)  4% Hartill#15.83: Larger characters
ND (959-961)  0% Hartill#15.84: Smaller characters

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