Hartill 20.11 Yu Henan Mint Ming Dynasty REBEL PRINCE WU Da Zhong 1364 AD
The Ming Dynasty 1364-1367 AD
CHU YUAN-CHANG as the REBEL PRINCE WU
AD 1364-1367
Ming Dynasty, Da Zhong 1 Cash, 豫 Yu, Henan mint
 
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Reference: Hartill 20.11
Weight: 3.6 grams; Size: 24 mm; Bronze
 
CHU YUAN-CHANG as the REBEL PRINCE WU
AD 1364-1367
Chu Yuan-Chang (later to become Emperor Tai Tsu, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (see below)) was one of the Yuan Rebels fighting each other to see who would take control of China at the eventual fall of the Yuan Dynasty. His coins of this period bare the inscription TA-CHUNG T'UNG-PAO but TA-CHUNG is not actually a reign title.
I have run into some confusion over the Ta-Chung coinage, because Schjoth states that the inscription was first cast by Chu Yuan-Chang in AD 1361 when the Pao-Yuan Minting Department was set up at Nanking, however as he did not declare himself as Prince Wu until 1364, this draw into question exactly who he was minting them for between 1361 and 1364. Apparently only the 1 cash denomination was cast during this period.
In 1364, after defeating Ch'en Yu-liang of Han (another of the Yuan Rebels), and gaining control over a much larger part of China, Chu Yuan-chang declared himself the Prince Wu and adopted the reign title of Ta-ming but rather than putting the Ta-ming title on the coins he continued casting the Ta-Chung types, but now from a number of mints. In 1368 he controled enough of China to Declare himself as Emperor T'ai Tsu of the Ming Dynasty, at which time he adopted the reign title Hung-Wu.
The Ta-chung coinage tends to be somewhat crudely cast when compared to the later coins cast under the Ming Dynasty.
 
 
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