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Emperor Cheng Zu (1403-24)
Yong Le Tong Bao 1 cash, cast 1408/10-1424
Regular script, reverse plain.
Diam: 25.1mm, 3.2g
There are 3 minute pinholes around the rim of the coin - under the Tong, under the Bao, and next to the Le
Hartill 20.121
Minting of copper coins stopped in 1393 under Emperor Tai Zu in favour of paper money, and resumed some time between 1408 and 1410.
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