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1 Cash - Kaixi Tongbao, Chun, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1205-1207 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central square perforation flanked by two Chinese ideograms in regular script (Kaishu): one character above the hole and one below, denoting the mint and reign year respectively. The reverse field is notably rougher and more worn in texture than the obverse, consistent with iron cast coinage of the Southern Song period. A plain raised inner rim surrounds the square hole, and a raised outer rim borders the coin's edge. The overall design is austere, with no additional decorative elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | 春 二 (Translation: Chun / Er Qichun (mint) / Year 2) |
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The Kaixi reign period (1205–1207) fell during the rule of Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song, a dynasty that had long since ceded the north to the Jurchen Jin and retreated below the Huai River. Iron cash were struck in enormous quantities during the Southern Song precisely because copper was chronically scarce — the dynasty had lost access to its most productive northern mines. Hartill 17.511 is the Chun mint issue, Chun being a furnace-mint operation in Hunan.