Chinese cash coin – HCR62008

Obverse

Inscription:

利用通寶

Inscription:

厘

Period

Chinese

Person

Wu Sangui 吳三桂, Pingxiwang 平西王, then self-proclaimed Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty (from 1678 onwards)

Denomination

1 li

Material

brass

Technique

cast

Dating

1674 CE - 1678 CE

Note

CSG: this ticket does not belong to this coin in tray; it follows that tickets not shot

Diameter (mm)

24.1

Acquisition method

unknown provenance

Source

unknown

Transliteration (obverse)

Liyong tongbao

Translation (obverse)

Circulating treasure of profitable use

Transliteration (reverse)

Translation (reverse)

(One) li

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