Hartill 14.71 Huichang Kaiyuan Mint Lan 845 Tang Dynasty, 3 Lucky Clouds Buddhist statues
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The Tang Dynasty
Kai-Yuan-Tong-Bao; Mint Lan, Three Lucky Clouds
Huichang Kaiyuan 845 AD cast from Buddhist statues
 
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Reference: Hartill 14.71
Run   , Lan, 藍田 Lantian in Shanxi
Obv: Kai Yuan Tong Bao (the Inaugural currency)
Rev:  Lan   on Right, Three lucky clouds
 
Huichang Kaiyuan 845 AD
In 845, in the Huichang period, the Emperor Wu Zong, a fervent follower of Taoism, destroyed the Buddhist monasteries and used the copper bells, gongs, incense burners and statues to cast coins in various localities. These local mints were under the control of the provincial governors. The New Tang History states that Li