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Auction: CSS86B - The Prestigious Academic Reference Collection Of The Late Dr Werner Burger - Part 2
Lot: 1133

China: Ming Dynasty Rebels, Xing Chao Tong Bao, group of 12 coins consisting of: 1 cash: rev: 'Gong' lower quadrant (6),
5 li (4),
1 fen, Da Yang, speciman strike (2), 49.6x1.7mm, 21.9g and 49.7x2.0mm, 25.3g, the first 10 coins fine to extremely fine, the two 1 fen coins both Zhong Qian Genuine. Xing Chao Tong Bao coins were issued by Sun Ke Wang (?-1660), an adopted son of Zhang Xian Zhong in Yunnan. Zhang's Da Xi army was split between his four adopted sons and Sun lead his men into Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces. He offered to join forces with the Yong Li Emperor to fight against the Qing Army but because of his affliliation with Zhang the Emperor remainded undecided. He eventually fell out with Li Ding Guo, also one of Zhang's adopted sons and the two went to war in 1657. Li came out superior in the conflict and Sun then defected to Qing and presented them with maps of the Guizhou and Yunnan terrains. The Qing army was greatly strengthened by this and the southwest was largely pacified by the time of Sun's death in 1660. The Yong Li Emperor would be executed in 1662, extinguishing Southern Ming on the Mainland. Dr. Werner Burger Collection. (12) [293-294, 2 out of 3 from 295]


明朝起義軍興朝通寶一組12枚，包括：小平錢，背下工6枚；折五錢，背五釐4枚；折十錢大樣，背一分2枚，49.6x1.7mm，重21.9克及49.7x2.0mm，重25.3克；小平錢和折五錢F至XF品相，折十錢大樣中乾評真品。張獻忠大西政權覆滅後（1646年），其義子孫可望入雲南，於1648年改組政權為興朝，鑄興朝通寶。興朝政權四年（1651年），在形勢變化所催，兼大西軍餘部領導人包括李定國和劉文秀多數贊成聯明抗清，興朝政權改奉南明永曆。歸順南明之後，李定國屢立戰功，招至孫可望妒忌和猜忌，最終孫可望率軍征討李定國，原大西軍同室操戈，令永曆政權大傷元氣，而孫可望亦被李定國所敗。1658年孫可望降清，出賣西南軍情虛實，使永曆帝朱由榔失盡了地盤，被逼逃亡緬甸。公元1662年，吳三桂進兵緬甸將永曆帝押回雲南絞死，南明政權正式滅亡。

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