Tian De Zhung Bao

Vladimir Belyaev
May 17, 1998

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25-Apr-2001
Obverse: Tian De Zhong Bao Tian De Zhung Bao

Reverse: Yin Yin

Diameter: 32.3 mm
Weight: 11.4 g

Epoch of the Five Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms
State of Min
Period Tian De 943 - 945 AD
[Ding 785]

Peng Xingwei wrote:

    In tiande 2 (944), Wang Yanzheng minted Tiande tongbao large iron coins, at a face value of 100, but none of them has survived. A Tiande zhongbao bronze coin has been preserved. It is covered with iron rust, and its reverse bears the character yin, because when Wang Yanzheng was proclaimed Emperor in Jianzhou, he changed his state's name to Yin, and he only restored the state's original name of Min in the third year after that. These Min coins are all extremely rare.

17-May-1998
Obverse: Tian De Zhong Bao Tian De Zhung Bao

Reverse: Yin Yin

Diameter: 33.2 mm
Weight: 16.1 g

Epoch of the Five Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms
Period Tian De 943 - 945 AD

Seems to be a latest imitation.


Comments from Gilbert Tan (18-May-98):
    This one is a recent fake of the rare coin which comes in three varieties, of which this clerkly writing of Bao variety is the rarest.

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