1 Cash - Jingding Yuanbao, with year

Jingding was the final reign period of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song, a dynasty by then reduced to a rump state in the southeast, continuously pressed by Mongol forces pushing down from the north. The "with year" designation refers to the inclusion of a cyclical date character on the reverse — an uncommon feature for Song cash that adds meaningful die variety complexity to the series. Lizong died in 1264, and within fifteen years the Southern Song ceased to exist entirely, making every coin from his final reign period a product of a court that knew, broadly, what was coming.