K'ai Yuan, China, 618-626
date: label: Date made
content: 618 - 626
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) k'ai yuan coin, Emperor Kao Tsu (Tang Dynasty)
label: Description (Brief)
content: China, 618-626
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Text read top, bottom, right, left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: Romanization: K'AI / YUAN / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: The Currency of the K'ai Yuan Period)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description
content: [[Obverse Text]] 開元通寶 [[Transliteration]] KAI / YUAN / TONG / BAO [[Translation]] Currency of the Kai Yuan mint
label: Description
content: [[Reverse Text]] N/A
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: Bequest of George B. Glover
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.32055.159
label: catalog number
content: 32055.159
label: accession number
content: 32055
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 mm x 25 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in