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1 Cash - Jiayou Yuanbao, Clerical script
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1056-1063 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely plain and uninscribed, presenting a flat, featureless field surrounding the central square perforation. The surface exhibits characteristic file or burnishing marks from the casting finishing process, visible as fine parallel striations across the field. No mint mark, denomination mark, or decorative element is present. The patina is uniform dark bronze with areas of blue-green oxidation. |
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| Mint | Boji Mint (博济监), Yizhou,modern-day Pingliang, Gansu, China (1044-1072) Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou,modern-day Jian`ou, Fujian, China (?-1175) Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou,modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?) 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) Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou,modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041) |
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Cast during the reign of Emperor Renzong under the Jiayou era name (1056–1063), this cash belongs to a period of Song fiscal conservatism that saw relatively controlled bronze output compared to the inflationary casting runs of later Northern Song reigns. Renzong's court was unusually stable — his reign of over forty years remains the longest of any Song emperor — and the Jiayou era coinages reflect that administrative steadiness in their generally consistent module and casting quality.
The clerical script variant catalogued here as Hartill 16.148 is the more commonly encountered of the Jiayou types, the seal script version being considerably scarcer.