Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
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Obverse legend: Qian Yuan zhong bao. Ten Cash. These larger coins were issued to pay the army fighting against rebels. The first coins issued, like this one, were in 758 - 759 A.D.; valued at an equivalent of 10 ordinary cash while not nearly equal in weight to 10 individual cash coins. Each coin weighs 1.6 gian (~ 7 grams), this one is 30 mm and 7.69 g. Hartill H14.101, reverse plain. FD691, S352.
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