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1 Cash - Songyuan Tongbao, with dot
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 960-976 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (clerical script) |
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| Mintage | ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.1 g: Type 1; dot to the left - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.1d: Type 1; dot above - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.1e: Type 1; dot to the right - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.1f: Type 1; dot below - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.1h: Type 1; dot below and to the right - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.2a: Type 2; dot above - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.2b: Type 2; dot to the right - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.2c: Type 2; dot below - ND (960-976) - Hartill#16.2d: Type 2; dot to the left - |
| Additional information |
The Songyuan Tongbao was the inaugural coinage of the Song dynasty, issued under Taizu following his seizure of power from the Later Zhou in 960. The dot variety — a small pellet positioned within the reverse field — is catalogued separately by Hartill precisely because such minor die distinctions were introduced deliberately or crept in through individual mint practice, and Song-era foundries were numerous enough that attribution to a specific casting site remains difficult. Taizu's reign saw an aggressive reassertion of centralized bronze cash production after decades of fragmented Five Dynasties issues.