| Issuer | Empire of China |
| Year | 621-907 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.58 g |
| Dimensions | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round with a square hole Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Hartill#14.1, FD#672, Schjoth#312 |
| Obverse description | Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left. |
| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, clerical script) |
| Obverse lettering | 開
寶 通
元 (Translation: Kai Yuan Tong Bao Inaugural currency) |
| Reverse description | Blank (uniface). |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | |
| Edge | Smooth. |
| Mint | Danzhou, modern-day Yichuan County, Shaanxi, China Ezhou, modern-day Wuhan, Hubei,China Fuzhou, Fujian, China Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Guiyang Inspectorate, modern-day Guiyang County, Hunan, China Guizhou, modern-day Guilin,Guangxi, China Hongzhou, modern-day Nanchang,Jiangxi, China Jingzhao, modern-day Xi’an,Shaanxi, China Jingzhou, Hubei, China Lantian, modern-day Lantian County, Shaanxi, China Liangzhou, modern-day Nanzheng District, Shaanxi, China Luozhou, modern-day Luoyang,Henan, China Pingzhou, modern-day Lulong County, Hebei, China Runzhou, modern-day Dantu District, Jiangsu, China Tanzhou, modern-day Changsha,Hunan, China Xiangzhou, modern-day Xianfeng County, Hubei, China Xingzhou, modern-day Lueyang County, Shaanxi, China Xuanzhou, modern-day Xuancheng,Anhui, China Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China Yanzhou, modern-day Yanzhou District, Shandong, China Yizhou, modern-day Chengdu,Sichuan, China Yongzhou, modern-day Lingling District, Hunan, China Yuezhou, modern-day Shaoxing,Zhejiang, China Zizhou, modern-day Santai County, Sichuan, China |
| Mintage | ND
(621-718) - Hartill#14.1: Early type; regular size (around 25 mm) - ND (621-718) - Hartill#14.2: Early type; larger size (around 26 mm) - ND (718-732) - Hartill#14.3: Middle type; no shoulders on 元 (Yuan) - ND (718-732) - Hartill#14.4: Middle type; left shoulder on 元 (Yuan) - ND (718-732) - Hartill#14.5: Middle type; right shoulder on 元 (Yuan) - ND (732-907) - Hartill#14.12: Late type; dot to the left of 元 (Yuan) - ND (732-907) - Hartill#14.13: Late type; dot to the right of 元 (Yuan) - ND (732-907) - Hartill#14.6-7: Late type; no shoulders on 元 (Yuan) - ND (732-907) - Hartill#14.8: Late type; left shoulder on 元 (Yuan) - ND (732-907) - Hartill#14.9: Late type; right shoulder on 元 (Yuan) - |
| Catalog ID | 1460805980 |
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