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Chinese Coin - K'ai Yüan T'ung Pao
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1938C413.93 |
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Collection: | Antiquities - Ancient & Mediaeval Coins |
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Date: | 618 AD - 841 AD |
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Notes | The founder of the Tang dynasty, Emperor Gaozu, introduced this new coin. The characters read kaiyuan tongbao ('new beginning, circulating treasure'). Over the next couple of hundred years enormous quantities of these coins were made by casting them in clay moulds. According to legend, the mark on the reverse was the impression left in a mould by a fingernail of the famous concubine Yang Guifei.
| Presented by Hilderic Friend, 1938. |
Further Information | Production Period: | T'ang Dynasty |
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Material(s): | Copper alloy |
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Denomination: | Cash |
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Currency: | China |
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Place of Origin: | China |
Associated People | | Associated Places | | Dimensions | Diameter: | 25 mm |
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