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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2762049, member: 75799&quot;]A scarce and large Ming Dynasty bronze coin salvaged from the sea. Likely shipwreck coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>China - Ming Dynasty </p><p><br /></p><p>Emperor Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of the Dynasty). 1368-1398</p><p><br /></p><p>5 cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hong Wu Emperor started as a peasant during the Mongol ruled Yuan Dynasty. He eventually led a peasant uprising which successfully dispelled the Mongol and his other rivals this establishing the Ming Dynasty. A cruel and suspicious man, upon his ascension to power he led a strictly controlled administration which saw many of his generals purged or executed. Nonetheless he set a strong administration which saw the Ming Dynasty lasting for 2 centuries and dominance of the oceans ad the far East.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]635034[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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