Prince of Wu

harasha

A bronze 5 cash, measuring close to 40 mm.
The ruler referenced on this coin was the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
At the time of the coin's cast, however, he was not yet emperor.
The coin shows his "reign title" at the time; Da Zhong. Da is the character at 12:00. Zhong is the character at 6:00.

Swampboy

Interesting piece. At 40mm I bet it's pretty hefty.

sumnom

Is this one uniface?

harasha

The piece is uniface and it weighs a hefty 15.91 grams.

LochNESS

Amazing how much information can be gleaned from four simple characters. Thanks to our excellent historical records, no doubt.

I often wonder what we are missing. That is, what sorts of things were NOT written and thus forgotten ages ago. But probably nothing related to coinage.