Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) hung wu t'ung pao coin, Emperor T'ai Tsu (Ming Dynasty)
- China, 1368 - 1399
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: HUNG / WU / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: Currency of the Hung Wu period.)
- Reverse Image: Orthodox character below the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: FU (Translation: for Fukien)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1368 - 1399
- Credit Line
- Sebald, William J.
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 23 mm; 1/32 in x 29/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
