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1 Cash - Shaoxing Tongbao

Issuer Empire of China
Year 1131-1162
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Reference(s) Hartill#17.52, FD#1164
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Obverse script Chinese (traditional, regular script)
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Mint Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou,modern-day Jian`ou, Fujian, China (?-1175)
Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army(广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149)
Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096)
Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou,modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?)
Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa
970-1129)
Qianzhou Mint (虔州钱监), modern-day
Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China (circa 1170)
Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?)
Yongfeng Mint (永丰监), Chizhou,modern-day Guichi District, Anhui, China (996)
Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou,modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)
Yongtong Mint (永通监), Shaozhou,modern-day Shaoguan, Guangdong, China (1048-?; 1157-1185)
Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou,Guangxi, China (1074-1136)
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Additional information

Shaoxing was the reign title of Emperor Gaozong, the founder of the Southern Song dynasty — though "founder" flatters the circumstances. Gaozong was a refugee emperor, having fled south after the Jurchen Jin dynasty captured the Song capital of Kaifeng in 1127 and took his father and brother captive in what the Chinese call the Jingkang Incident. The Shaoxing reign title itself, adopted in 1131, was a deliberate act of legitimizing propaganda: a new era name to signal continuity while the court was still moving between temporary capitals.

The thirty-year span of this reign produced considerable die variation across multiple mints, and Hartill distinguishes several sub-varieties within 17.52 based on character form and stroke execution.

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