1/10 Cash - Taiping Tongbao, iron

€212,220.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year976-989
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1/10 Cash (0.1)
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionIron
Weight4.16 g
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#16.23, FD#862, Schjoth#462
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Clerical script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, clerical script)
Obverse lettering 太 寶 通  平
(Translation: Tai Ping Tong Bao Taiping (1st era of Taizong, 976-984) / Universal currency)
Reverse descriptionBlank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
EdgeSmooth.
MintOld Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa
970-1129)
Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)
MintageND (976-989)  - -
Catalog ID5472081470
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