Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Clerical script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, clerical
script)
Obverse lettering
宋
寶 通
元 (Translation: Song Yuan Tong Bao Song`s inauguration / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Plain
Mint
Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)