1 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao, Regular script, Chun, with year, iron

€217,825.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1180-1189
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionIron
Weight
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#17.204
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering 淳 寶 熙  元
(Translation: Chun Xi Yuan Bao Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency)
Reverse descriptionOne Chinese ideogram above and at least one below.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering春 八
(Translation: Chun / Ba Qichun (mint) / Year 8)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Mintage7 (1180)  - Hartill#17.204: Year 七 (Qi) -
8 (1181)  - Hartill#17.205: Year 八 (Ba) -
15 (1188)  - Hartill#17.206: Year 十五 (Shi Wu) -
16 (1189)  - Hartill#17.207: Year 十六 (Shi Liu) -
Catalog ID7591391020
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