Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Running script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, running
script)
Obverse lettering
紹
寶 聖
元 (Translation: Shao Sheng Yuan Bao Shaosheng (2nd era of Zhezong, 1094-1098) / Original currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou(Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) Guangji Mint (广济监), Tongzhou,modern-day Dali County, Shaanxi, China (circa 1081) Hancheng Mint / Foundry of the Longmen Mint (韩城监 / 又称龙门监), Tongzhou, modern-day Hejin, Shanxi,China (1083-?; 1087-?) Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院),Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087) Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou,modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) Longde-fu Mint (隆德府监),modern-day Changzhi, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou,modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) West Yongli Mint (永利西监),Fenzhou, modern-day Fenyang, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)
Mintage
ND
(1094-1097) - Hartill#16.316: Large size (around 24 mm) - ND
(1094-1097) - Hartill#16.317: Small size (around 22 mm) -