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English: This is an example of a middle period Kaiyuan coin, when half moons started appearing on the back of the coin. the greay blue patina highlights the characters very well, and the Tong character is written in a way to highlight the rhythmic waviness.
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Source Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the subsequent Ten States Five Kingdoms era (907-960 or so) (University of California at Santa Barbara).
Author Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts

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This is an example of a middle period Kaiyuan coin, when half moons started appearing on the back of the coin. the greay blue patina highlights the characters very well, and the Tong character is written in a way to highlight the rhythmic waviness.

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