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1 Cash - Songyuan Tongbao, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 970-976 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears four Chinese characters in clerical script (lishu), arranged in cruciform fashion around a central square perforation, read in the traditional sequence top-bottom-right-left: 宋 (Song), 元 (Yuan), 通 (Tong), 寶 (Bao). The characters are cast in moderate relief against an otherwise plain field, enclosed within a raised inner rim surrounding the square hole and a raised outer rim defining the coin's periphery. The rendering is characteristic of early Northern Song imperial cash coinage, with the lishu strokes exhibiting the angular, deliberate forms typical of state foundry production under Emperor Taizu. |
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| Obverse lettering | 宋元通寶 (Translation: Song Yuan Tong Bao — Song dynasty inaugural / universal currency) |
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| Mint | Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监), Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an, Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?) |
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