618-907 AD CHINA TANG Dynasty KAI YUAN TONG BAO Ancient Token Cash Coin i99565

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China – Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) 

Bronze Kai Yuan Tong Bao Cash 23mm, Struck
618-907
AD
Reference: H# 14.54
開元通寶, Four Chinese characters, square hole within.
Eastern Prefecture Wuchang in Hubei.


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The
Tang dynasty
(Chinese: 唐朝) or the Tang 
Empire
was an imperial dynasty of China, 
preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the 
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. 
Historians generally regard the Tang as a high 
point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age 
of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, 
acquired through the military campaigns of its 
early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty. 
The Tang capital at Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) 
was the most populous city in the world in its 
day.

The Lǐ family (李) founded the 
dynasty, seizing power during the decline and 
collapse of the Sui Empire. The dynasty was 
briefly interrupted when Empress Wu Zetian 
seized the throne, proclaiming the Second Zhou 
dynasty (690-705) and becoming the only Chinese 
empress regnant. In two censuses of the 7th and 
8th centuries, the Tang records estimated the 
population by number of registered households at 
about 50 million people. Yet, even when the 
central government was breaking down and unable 
to compile an accurate census of the population 
in the 9th century, it is estimated that the 
population had grown by then to about 80 million 
people.[9][10][b] With its large 
population base, the dynasty was able to raise 
professional and conscripted armies of hundreds 
of thousands of troops to contend with nomadic 
powers in dominating Inner Asia and the 
lucrative trade-routes along the Silk Road. 
Various kingdoms and states paid tribute to the 
Tang court, while the Tang also conquered or 
subdued several regions which it indirectly 
controlled through a protectorate system. 
Besides political hegemony, the Tang also 
exerted a powerful cultural influence over 
neighboring East Asian states such as those in 
Japan and Korea.

The Tang dynasty was 
largely a period of progress and stability in 
the first half of the dynasty’s rule, until the 
An Lushan Rebellion and the decline of central 
authority in the later half of the dynasty. Like 
the previous Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty 
maintained a civil-service system by recruiting 
scholar-officials through standardized 
examinations and recommendations to office. The 
rise of regional military governors known as
jiedushi
during the 9th century undermined 
this civil order. Chinese culture flourished and 
further matured during the Tang era; it is 
traditionally considered the greatest age for 
Chinese poetry. Two of China’s most famous 
poets, Li Bai and Du Fu, belonged to this age, 
as did many famous painters such as Han Gan, 
Zhang Xuan, and Zhou Fang. Scholars of this 
period compiled a rich variety of historical 
literature, as well as encyclopedias and 
geographical works. The adoption of the title 
Tängri Qaghan by the Tang Emperor Taizong in 
addition to his title as emperor was eastern 
Asia’s first “simultaneous kingship”.

Many notable innovations occurred under the 
Tang, including the development of woodblock 
printing. Buddhism became a major influence in 
Chinese culture, with native Chinese sects 
gaining prominence. However, in the 840s the 
Emperor Wuzong of Tang enacted policies to 
persecute Buddhism, which subsequently declined 
in influence. Although the dynasty and central 
government had gone into decline by the 9th 
century, art and culture continued to flourish. 
The weakened central government largely withdrew 
from managing the economy, but the country’s 
mercantile affairs stayed intact and commercial 
trade continued to thrive regardless. However, 
agrarian rebellions in the latter half of the 
9th century resulted in damaging atrocities such 
as the Guangzhou massacre of 878-879.


Cash was a type of coin of China and East Asia, used from the 4th 
century BC until the 20th century AD. Originally cast during the Warring 
States period, these coins continued to be used for the entirety of Imperial 
China as well as under Mongol, and Manchu rule. The last Chinese cash coins 
were cast in the first year of the Republic of China. Generally most cash 
coins were made from copper or bronze alloys, with iron, lead, and zinc 
coins occasionally used less often throughout Chinese history. Rare silver 
and gold cash coins were also produced. During most of their production, 
cash coins were cast but, during the late Qing dynasty, machine-struck cash 
coins began to be made. As the cash coins produced over Chinese history were 
similar, thousand year old cash coins produced during the Northern Song 
dynasty continued to circulate as valid currency well into the early 
twentieth century.

In the modern era, these coins are considered to be Chinese “good luck 
coins”; they are hung on strings and round the necks of children, or over 
the beds of sick people. They hold a place in various superstitions, as well 
as Traditional Chinese medicine, and Feng shui. Currencies based on the 
Chinese cash coins include the Japanese mon, Korean mun, Ryukyuan mon, and 
Vietnamese văn.


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YEAR

618-907 AD

MODIFIED ITEM

No

COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE

China

CERTIFICATION

Uncertified

COMPOSITION

Bronze

DENOMINATION

Cash

ERA

Ancient

MPN

No China Uncertified 822d3aef-6e

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