Issuing authority

Zhou Dynasty (Wu Sangui)

Kind: empire
Region: China, Asia

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Cash of China of the rebel Wu Sangui under the reign title Liyong, 1673-1674

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Cash of China of the rebel Wu Sangui under the reign title Liyong, 1673-1674

1673 - 1674

Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4275; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique casting; measurements d…

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Cash of the Empire of China of the rebel Wu Shifan under the reign title Honghua, 1679-1681, in Yunnan and Sichuan

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Cash of the Empire of China of the rebel Wu Shifan under the reign title Honghua, 1679-1681, in Yunnan and Sichuan

1679 - 1681

Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Hung-Hua. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4277; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique casting; measurement…

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