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| Emittent | Empire of China |
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| Jahr | 1094-1097 |
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| Dicke | 1.0 mm |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised square boss, with four Chinese seal-script (zhuanshu) ideograms arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading clockwise from top: 紹 (Shao), 聖 (Sheng), 元 (Yuan), 寶 (Bao). The characters are boldly cast in relief within a plain inner field, enclosed by a raised inner rim around the square hole and a broad outer rim. The overall design is characteristic of Northern Song dynasty cash coinage, with the seal script lending an archaic, formal aesthetic to the inscription. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Plain reverse field featuring a central square perforation with a raised square boss and broad outer rim, both surfaces otherwise uninscribed. A single crescent mark appears at a variable position in the field — on this example visible above the central square hole — serving as a mint or furnace mark to identify the issuing workshop. The reverse is otherwise entirely smooth, with no additional legends or decorative elements. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Shaosheng was the reign period of Emperor Zhezong of Song, who reclaimed the throne's reformist agenda after years of conservative rollback under the regency of Empress Dowager Gao. The reintroduction of Wang Anshi's New Policies after 1093 came with new coinage, and the crescent mark on this cash — a small incuse or raised lunette in the inner field — indicates a specific furnace or supervisory mint designation, a practice the Northern Song used to track output accountability across dozens of casting facilities.
Hartill 16.294 distinguishes this variety precisely by that crescent placement.