2 Cash - Wanli Tongbao
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Ming dynasty › Wanli (明神宗) (1572-1620)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1576-1620 |
| Value | 2 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 6.06 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 222148 |
| References | Hartill# 20.167 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. 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, regular script)
Lettering:
萬
寶 通
曆
Translation:
Wan Li Tong Bao
Wanli (Emporer) / Universal currency
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Ever Normal Granary Mint, Jiangning, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | |
| Fujian Provincial Mint, China | |
| Henan Provincial Mint, China | |
| Huguang Provincial Mint, modern-day Hubei-Hunan, China | |
| Jiangning (Nanjing) Mint, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1361-1670) | |
| Jiangxi Provincial Mint, China | |
| 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), Nanjing, China (1599-1644) | |
| River Transport Intendancy Mint, Jiangning, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | |
| Shaanxi Provincial Mint, China | |
| Shandong Provincial Mint, China | |
| Shanxi Provincial Mint, China | |
| Yunnan Provincial Mint, China |
Comments
While casting was stopped at the last Emperor's death in 1572, it was resumed again in 1576 at the Peking and Nanking mints. Soon after, mints in Yunnan, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Huguang were also opened. However, due to poor circumstances, the Wanli coins were a failure, and by 1582, all mints except for Huguang closed. There was an attempt to open mints in 1599, including opening a Board of Works in Nanking, although so many coins were produced there that casting was cut back, and other mints were closed.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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