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1 Cash - Jingde Yuanbao
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1004-1007 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Plain, featureless reverse with a central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim and a raised outer rim, both well-defined. The field is entirely blank, exhibiting no inscriptions, symbols, or mint marks, as is typical of Northern Song dynasty cash coins of this type. The surface shows a heavily encrusted dark brown and black patina with visible casting pits, consistent with prolonged burial or circulation wear. |
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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) Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou,modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?) Shizhou Mint (石州钱监), modern-day Lishi District, Shanxi, China (1001) Taiyuan-fu, modern-day Taiyuan,Shanxi, China (979-1039) 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) |
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Jingde Yuanbao was cast during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, a period defined less by military strength than by the humiliating 1005 Treaty of Shanyuan, which compelled the Song court to pay annual tribute — 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk — to the Khitan Liao dynasty in exchange for peace. The cash coinage of these years effectively helped fund a state hemorrhaging resources northward.
Hartill 16.49 identifies a series with known calligraphic variants across the four characters, attributable to different furnace supervisors at multiple casting sites operating concurrently under the Northern Song monetary administration.