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1 Cash - Xiangfu Yuanbao; Zinc imitation
| Issuer | Maritime Southeast Asia |
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| Composition | Zinc |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked on each side by a single Manchu script word in raised relief, the two words reading vertically and separated by the aperture: ᠪᠣᠣ (boo) to the left and ᡡᠨ (yün) to the right, together denoting the mint or denomination designation. The characters are rendered in a cursive Manchu style typical of Qing-period cash coinage, set against a plain, undecorated field with no additional rim ornamentation. |
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Cast zinc imitations of Song dynasty cash circulated widely across maritime Southeast Asia, produced locally to meet demand where genuine Chinese copper coinage was scarce or hoarded. The Xiangfu Yuanbao type — originally struck under Emperor Zhenzong between 1008 and 1016 — was among the most frequently copied, likely because it remained in regional circulation long after Song trade networks had distributed it across the Malay archipelago and beyond. Zinc rather than copper points to local production; the metal was smelted in quantity in parts of mainland Southeast Asia well before it was refined in Europe.