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Also known as Holy Treasure, Shengpao

thumb|right|A vault protector coin of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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Contents
  • History
  • List of cash coins issued by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
  • Vault protector coins of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
  • Surviving specimens
  • Numismatics and research
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Catalogue numbers
  • References
  • Sources

thumb|right|A vault protector coin of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The currency of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom () consisted of Chinese cash coins and paper money, although the rarity of surviving Taiping paper money suggests that not much was produced. The first cash coins of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were issued in the year 1853 in the capital of Tianjing (present day Nanjing). The cash coins of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should not be confused with the Taiping Tongbao (太平通寳) which was issued during the Northern Song dynasty between the years 976 and 997, or with any other contemporary rebel coinage that also bear this inscription.

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