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Half Pillar of the Community United States 606 Posts	Posted 06/15/2018 12:49 pm I recently picked up a small lot of un attributed Chinese coins. As this is my first attempts to ID these and I do not read a lick of Chinese I would love any feed back on whether or not I got it right. Emperor Cheng Tsu Ming Dynasty Bronze 1 Cash 1403 - 1424 AD Legend: Yung-Lo T'ung Pao Blank Reverse I took pictures from three angles to try and catch the details. EDIT: Weight: 4.4 grams Diameter 24.7mm Edited by Half 06/16/2018 12:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/15/2018 2:19 pm Yes. Hartill (Cast Chinese Coins, 2005) 20.121 or 20.122 depending on slight difference in size. In the modern Pinyin transcription it's Emperor Cheng Zu / Yong Le tong bao (the older system is known as "Wade-Giles"). Yong Le is Cheng Zu's reign title. Tong bao is translated as "universal currency" by Hartill. I've also seen it rendered as "copper coin". I don't read Chinese either but I find attribution enjoyable and not so difficult if you have a reference with good rubbings/ illustrations. The portrait on silk below, now hanging at the National Palace Museum in Taibei, is of Cheng Zu seated on the 'Dragon' chair. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Emperor Edited by Kushanshah 06/15/2018 2:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Half Pillar of the Community United States 606 Posts	Posted 06/16/2018 12:38 pm Thank you Kush! I am going to look into Hartils' book. I will be posting pics of other Chinese coins as time permits. The attribution is indeed rather enjoyable. Lots of research on the internet. lol Report this Post to the Staff
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