1 Cash - Chunhua Yuanbao, Grass script, with dot

€212,224.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year990-994
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionBronze
Weight3.67 g
Dimensions25 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#16.34
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Grass script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, grass script)
Obverse lettering 淳 寶 化  元
(Translation: Chun Hua Yuan Bao Chunhua (4th era of Taizong, 990-994) / Original crrency)
Reverse descriptionOne dot above.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
EdgeSmooth.
MintTaiyuan-fu, modern-day Taiyuan,Shanxi, China (979-1039)
Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou,modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)
MintageND (990-994)  - -
Catalog ID7163583420
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