K'ai Yuan T'ung Pao, China, 841 - 847
date: label: Date made
content: 841 - 847
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) k'ai yuan t'ung pao coin, Emperor Wu Tsung (Tang Dynasty)
label: Description (Brief)
content: China, 841 - 847
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Characters read top, bottom, right, left AND/OR top right bottom left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: Romanization: K'AI / YUAN / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: Currency of the K'ai Yuan Period or Currency of the inauguration.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Character for Hsiang for Hsiang-chou in Chihli.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: Romanization: HSIANG
label: Description
content: [[Obverse Text]] 開元通寶 [[Transliteration]] KAI / YUAN / TONG / BAO [[Translation]] Currency of the Kai Yuan period
label: Description
content: [[Reverse Text]] 兴 [[Transliteration]] XING [[Translation]] Prosperity [[?]]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: East Asian Coins
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content: NNC_Chinese_Coins_Transcription_Center
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mendel Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU81047.594
label: catalog number
content: NU81047.594
label: accession number
content: 253346
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 mm x 24 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in