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| Issuer | Southern Song Dynasty |
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| Year | 1195-1201 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse field with a central square perforation and raised square inner rim. The mint identifier character 春 (Chun, for Qichun Mint) appears above the square hole, and the year numeral 五 (Wu, meaning year 5, corresponding to 1199) is placed below, both rendered in Regular script. The field is otherwise uninscribed, displaying a heavily corroded iron surface with orange-brown patination consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Mint | 春 Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214) |
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