1 Cash - Yuanfeng Tongbao, Clerical script

€20,613.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1078-1085
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionBronze
Weight3.30 g
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#16.233, FD#969
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Clerical script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, clerical script)
Obverse lettering 元 寶 豐  通
(Translation: Yuan Feng Tong Bao Yuanfeng (2nd era of Shenzong, 1078-1085) / Universal currency)
Reverse descriptionBlank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
EdgeSmooth.
MintBaoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou,modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102;
1170-1179)
Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou,modern-day Jian`ou, Fujian, China (?-1175)
Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou,Guangdong, China (1067)
Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army(广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149)
Guangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou,modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?;
1083-1124)
Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096)
Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou,modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?)
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?)
Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou,modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)
Taoshan Garrison Mint (滔山镇监),Minzhou, modern-day Xihe County, Gansu, China (1078)
Tong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou,modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
Weiyuan Garrison Mint, Tongyuan
Army (威远镇监), modern-day Wushan County, Gansu, China (1068)
Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou,modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068)
Yongfeng Mint (永丰监), Chizhou,modern-day Guichi District, Anhui, China (996)
Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou,modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)
Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou,Guangxi, China (1074-1136)
Zaicheng Mint (在城监), Jingzhou,modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1075)
Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou,modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041)
MintageND (1078-1085)  - Hartill#16.233-234: Minor varieties -
Catalog ID7307296980
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