Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Regular script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
嘉
寶 通
定 (Translation: Jia Ding Tong Bao Jiading (4th era of Ningzong, 1208-1224) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
One Chinese ideogram above and sometimes one below.
Reverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Reverse lettering
五 (Translation: Wu Year 5)
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) 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 (1208) - Hartill#17.539: Year 元 (Yuan) - 2 (1209) - Hartill#17.540: Year 二 (Er) - 3 (1210) - Hartill#17.541: Year 三 (San) - 4 (1211) - Hartill#17.542: Year 四 (Si) - 5 (1212) - Hartill#17.543: Year 五 (Wu) - 6 (1213) - Hartill#17.544: Year 六 (Liu) - 7 (1214) - Hartill#17.545: Year 七 (Qi) - 8 (1215) - Hartill#17.546: Year 八 (Ba) - 9 (1216) - Hartill#17.547: Year 九 (Jiu) - 10 (1217) - Hartill#17.548: Year 十 (Shi) - 11 (1218) - Hartill#17.549: Year 十一 (Shi Yi) - 12 (1219) - Hartill#17.550: Year 十二 (Shi Er) - 13 (1220) - Hartill#17.551: Year 十三 (Shi San) - 14 (1221) - Hartill#17.552: Year 十四 (Shi Si) -