Chinese cash coin – HCR49947

Obverse

Inscription:

大中通寶

Reverse

Inscription:

福

Information

Period

Chinese

Dynasty

Ming 明

Reign

Da Zhong 大中

Person

Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, Prince of Wu 吳, then Emperor Taizu of the Ming dynasty 明太祖, 1355 CE -1398 CE (ruler/authority)

Mint

Fujian 福建 (Chinese) (stated mint)

Denomination

5 wen

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

1364 CE - 1367 CE

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
Credit

Weight (g)

17.81

Diameter (mm)

40.1

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Kutsuki Masatsuna

Acquisition date

10/5/1922

Source

Indian Institute, Oxford

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Indian Institute, Oxford, 1922; to them, gifted/bequeathed by Howell Wills.

Transliteration (obverse)

Da Zhong tongbao

Translation (obverse)

Circulating coin of Great China

Transliteration (reverse)

Fu(jian)

Translation (reverse)

Fujian

Contributors to this coin record

L. Jankowski, LJankowski, cgallacher