Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) t'ai ch'ang t'ung pao coin, Emperor Kuang Tsung (Ming Dynasty)
- China, 1620 - 1621
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left: value two.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: T'AI / CH'ANG / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: Currency of the T'ai Ch'ang Period)
- Reverse Image: Dot (star) above the hole.
- Reverse Text: N/A
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1620 - 1621
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
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