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1 Cash - Shaosheng Yuanbao, Seal script, with dot
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1094-1097 |
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| Weight | 4.10 g |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised square rim, with four Chinese seal-script (zhuanshu) characters arranged in cruciform reading order around the central hole: 紹 (above), 聖 (right), 元 (below), 寶 (left), together forming the reign title and denomination legend 紹聖元寶 (Shaosheng Yuanbao). The characters are rendered in elegant, rounded seal script typical of Northern Song dynasty cast coinage. The coin is bounded by a raised circular outer rim, with a flat, undecorated field between the legend and the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 紹 寶 聖 元 (Translation: Shao Sheng Yuan Bao Shaosheng (2nd era of Zhezong, 1094-1098) / Original currency) |
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| Mint | Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou,modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army(广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149) Guangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou,modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?; 1083-1124) Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院),Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087) Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214) Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou,modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183) Tong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou,modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214) Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou,Guangxi, China (1074-1136) |
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