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1 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao, Seal script
| Issuer | Song Dynasty Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1174-1179 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, seal script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain fields surrounding the central square hole (穿), enclosed by a raised inner rim and an outer rim. A single raised crescent mark is positioned above the square hole with the opening facing upward, serving as a mint or furnace identification mark. The reverse surface is otherwise unadorned, exhibiting the characteristic flat, lightly textured casting of Southern Song bronze cash coinage. |
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| Mint | Baoquan 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) 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) Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157) Yongtong Mint (永通监), Shaozhou, modern-day Shaoguan, Guangdong, China (1048-?; 1157-1185) |
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