Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
淳
寶 祐
元 (Translation: Chun You Yuan Bao Chunyou (5th era of Lizong, 1241-1252) / Original currency)
Reverse description
One Chinese ideogram above and sometimes one below.
Reverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Reverse lettering
二 (Translation: Er Year 2)
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou,modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)
Mintage
1 (1241) - Hartill#17.778: Year 元 (Yuan) - 2 (1242) - Hartill#17.779: Year 二 (Er) - 3 (1243) - Hartill#17.780: Year 三 (San) - 4 (1244) - Hartill#17.781: Year 四 (Si) - 5 (1245) - Hartill#17.782: Year 五 (Wu) - 6 (1246) - Hartill#17.783: Year 六 (Liu) - 7 (1247) - Hartill#17.784: Year 七 (Qi) - 8 (1248) - Hartill#17.785: Year 八 (Ba) - 9 (1249) - Hartill#17.786: Year 九 (Jiu) - 10 (1250) - Hartill#17.787: Year 十 (Shi) - 11 (1251) - Hartill#17.788: Year 十一 (Shi Yi) - 12 (1252) - Hartill#17.789: Year 十二 (Shi Er) -