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1 Cash - Shaosheng Yuanbao, Tin imitation
| Uitgever | Maritime Southeast Asia |
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| Jaar | |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Tin |
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| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central square perforation flanked by four Chinese ideograms arranged in clockwise reading order around the hole, rendered in running script (caoshu). The legend reads 紹聖元寶 (Shaosheng Yuanbao), imitating the Northern Song dynasty cash coinage of Emperor Zhezong's Shaosheng era (1094–1098). The characters are crudely executed relative to their Chinese prototypes, consistent with a locally cast Southeast Asian tin imitation. The coin exhibits a green patina over the tin surface, with an irregular, hand-finished rim. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | 紹聖元寶 |
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| Rand | Log in om details te zien |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
These tin cash imitations circulated widely across Maritime Southeast Asia as a practical substitute when genuine Chinese copper cash was in short supply — a persistent problem given the region's near-total dependence on imported coinage for small transactions. Local rulers and merchants alike sanctioned their production, and tin, abundant in the Malay Peninsula and Bangka-Belitung, made it the obvious material of choice.
The Shaosheng reign spanned 1094–1098 under Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song. Why that particular reign title was chosen for imitation, centuries after the originals, likely reflects nothing more than the availability of a worn prototype in a trader's purse.