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English: This is a lovely example of a a middle period Kaiyuan coin, when half moons started appearaing on the back of the coin. the greay blue patina highlights the characters very well, and the Tong character is written in a way to highlight the rhythmic waviness.
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Source Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the subsequent Ten States Five Kingdoms era (907-960 or so) (University of California at Santa Barbara).
Author Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts

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This file comes from the collection of Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts and is copyrighted.
Note: This permission only extends to the texts and photos of coins which are in the public domain at this link and its subpages, with the exception of the page The Manufacture of Cash Coins. It does not include any other content from www.history.ucsb.edu.
© The copyright holder of this file, Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted.
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Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts, available from http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/roberts/coins/index.html.

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