{"product_id":"lot-of-40-various-kai-yuan-cash-mix-of-varieties-tang-dynasty-618-907-china","title":"Lot of 40 various Kai Yuan cash, mix of varieties, Tang dynasty (618-907), China","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour Chinese characters \u003cem\u003eKai Yuan Tong Bao\u003c\/em\u003e (\"The Inaugural currency\") \/ Either blank or with a crescent. Each one is around 24-25mm, 3 grams or so. Hartill 14.1-2 (for the early type); Hartill 14.3 (for the middle type) and Hartill 14.6ff (for the late type).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLot of 40 coins, a mix of early, middle and late types, some with different marks on the reverse. Mix of types, most with casting holes or other problems such as corrosion or flan cracks, a group of lower grade coins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tang Dynasty, with its capital at Changan (present-day Xian), the most populous city in the world at the time, is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization - a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Its territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, was greater than that of the Han period, and it rivalled that of the later Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. In 907 the Tang Dynasty was ended when Zhu Wen, now a military governor, deposed the last emperor of Tang, Emperor Ai of Tang, and took the throne for himself (known posthumously as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang). He established the Later Liang Dynasty, which inaugurated the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. A year later the deposed Emperor Ai was poisoned to death by Zhu Wen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis coin is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU  xv3541-w76689\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMallstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319500800315,"sku":"xv760d-hv8262","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/hv8262.jpg?v=1780887930","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/lot-of-40-various-kai-yuan-cash-mix-of-varieties-tang-dynasty-618-907-china","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}