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1 Cash - Shengsong Yuanbao, Running script
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty |
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| Year | 1101-1106 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Round cast bronze coin with a central square hole, bearing four Chinese ideograms in running script (xingshu) arranged in cruciform reading order around the central perforation. The inscription reads clockwise from the top: 聖 (Sheng), 宋 (Song), 寶 (Bao), 元 (Yuan), together forming the reign title legend 'Shengsong Yuanbao.' The characters are rendered in an elegant, fluid running script style characteristic of the Northern Song period, with the variant form of 寶 (Bao) displaying spread feet as noted in Hartill 16.377. The fields between the characters are plain, and a raised rim borders the outer edge and the square central hole. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, running script) |
| Obverse lettering | 聖 寶 宋 元 (Translation: Sheng Song Yuan Bao Imperial Song / Original currency) |
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