Chinese cash coin – HCR62089

Obverse

Inscription:

洪化通寶

Inscription:

戶

Period

Chinese

Dynasty

Great Zhou 大周（Qing Rebels）

Reign

Hong Hua 洪化

Person

Wu Shifan 吳世璠, Prince of Zhou, then Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty from 1678 onwards, 1674-1681 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Ministry of Finance - Hubu 戶部 (Chinese) (stated mint)

Denomination

1 wen

Material

brass

Technique

cast

Dating

1679 CE - 1681 CE

Diameter (mm)

25.4

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

15/3/1976

Source

A. W. von Halle

Acquisition credit

Presented by A. W. von Halle, 1976.

Transliteration (obverse)

Hong Hua tongbao

Translation (obverse)

Circulating treasure of Hong Hua era

Transliteration (reverse)

Translation (reverse)

Hu(bu)

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