{"product_id":"unpublished-double-sided-yuan-bao-bao-bao-cash-late-1700s-bali-island-kingdoms-indonesia","title":"Unpublished double-sided Yuan Feng Tong Bao cash, late 1700s, Bali Island Kingdoms, Indonesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery crude Chinese characters \u003cem\u003eYuan Feng Tong Bao\u003c\/em\u003e \/\/ \u003cem\u003eYuan Feng Tong Bao\u003c\/em\u003e. 25mm, 3.70 grams. cf. Zeno 375215 (this coin); Mitchiner -; Millies -.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese zinc coins were cast in Bali in the late 18th, early 19th century, and possibly later. They are found along with 18th century Qing dynasty cash. Unpublished type, unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBefore the Dutch arrival, Bali was not a single unified state, but a collection of Hindu kingdoms ruled by Balinese rajas descended culturally and politically from Majapahit. By the 17th–19th centuries, Bali was fragmented into rival kingdoms such as Gelgel, later Klungkung, Karangasem, Buleleng, Badung, Tabanan, and Mengwi. None of them issued coins - this type of Zinc cash is probably the only attributable type of coins from this period from one of the Bali Kingdoms. \u003c\/span\u003eThe Dutch first established influence in parts of Bali in the mid-1800s but did not fully subjugate the island until a series of brutal military campaigns between 1846 and 1908, including the famous puputan (ritual mass suicides) of Balinese courts. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51014202294587,"sku":"x3926-60466","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w60466.jpg?v=1772583584","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/unpublished-double-sided-yuan-bao-bao-bao-cash-late-1700s-bali-island-kingdoms-indonesia","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}