1 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao; large type; Guan
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Ming dynasty › Chongzhen (崇祯帝) (1627-1644)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| 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# 222444 |
| References | Hartill# 20.237 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:
崇
寶 通
禎
Translation:
Chong Zhen Tong Bao
Congzhen (Emperor) / Universal currency
Reverse
One Chinese ideogram above.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering: 宫
Translation:
Guan
Tongguanshan (mint)
Edge
Plain
Mint
| 宫 | Tongguanshan Mint, modern-day District de Tongguanshan, Anhui, 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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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1628-1630) | |||||||||||||||
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