Rare type 10-cash of Emperor Yongli (1646-59), last Southern Ming Emperor, China (H21.80)

Four Chinese characters - Yong Li Tong Bao ("Yongli universal coin"), rare type with 木木 in Li // Yi Fen (=1 fen (of silver). 36mm, 9.11 grams. Guizhou mint. Hartill 21.80

Rare type.

Ex-Album, recovered from the 2017 Tubbs Fire in the "Northern California Firestorm", Santa Rosa, California.

The Yongli Emperor was the fourth and last emperor of the Southern Ming dynasty, reigning in turbulent times when the former Ming dynasty was overthrown and the Manchu-led Qing dynasty progressively conquered the entire China proper. He led the remnants of the Ming loyalists with the assistance of peasant armies to resist the Qing forces in southwestern China, but he was then forced to exile to Toungoo Burma and eventually captured and executed by Wu Sangui in 1662. His era title "Yongli" means "perpetual calendar".