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1 Cash - Dasong Yuanbao, Chun, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1225-1227 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole framed by a plain inner rim and a raised outer border. Two Chinese characters in Regular script (Kaishu) appear in the upper and lower fields of the reverse: 春 (Chūn) above the central hole and 三 (sān) below, indicating the Qichun mint and regnal year three (1227) respectively. The left and right fields are blank. The surface shows characteristic roughness and minor casting flaws consistent with iron cash production of the Southern Song period. |
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Dasong Yuanbao was issued under Emperor Lizong, the first reign period being Baoqing (1225–1227). Iron cash from the Southern Song are frequently underrepresented in Western collections — not because they were rare in circulation, but because their survival rate is poor. Iron corrodes aggressively, and most examples that weren't lost to soil have fused into unidentifiable lumps.
Hartill 17.682 places this among the less commonly encountered Baoqing iron varieties.