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1 Cash - Xining Yuanbao, Seal script, type 2
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1068-1077 |
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| Weight | 3.57 g |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin displaying four Chinese ideograms in elegant Seal script (篆书), arranged in clockwise reading order around a central square perforation: 熙 (top), 元 (right), 寶 (bottom), 寧 (left), together reading 熙寧元寶. The characters are rendered in the refined, formal Seal script style characteristic of Northern Song imperial coinage under Emperor Shenzong. A raised square rim borders the central hole, and a circular outer rim frames the entire design, both well-defined on this type. The inscription commemorates the Xining reign era (1068–1077), the first regnal period of Emperor Shenzong of Song. This type (Hartill 16.171) is distinguished by the character 寶 featuring elongated long sides. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou,modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) Boji Mint (博济监), Yizhou,modern-day Pingliang, Gansu, China (1044-1072) Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou,modern-day Jian`ou, Fujian, China (?-1175) Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou,Guangdong, China (1067) Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army(广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149) Guangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou,modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?; 1083-1124) 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-?) Huazhou Mint (华州钱监), modern-day Hua County, Shaanxi, China (1071) Jingzhao-fu Mint, Yongxing Army(京兆府监), modern-day Xi`an, Shaanxi, China (1071) Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214) Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou,modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183) Taoshan Garrison Mint (滔山镇监),Minzhou, modern-day Min County, Gansu, China (1076-1078) Tong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou,modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214) Weiyuan Garrison Mint, Tongyuan Army (威远镇监), modern-day Wushan County, Gansu, China (1068) Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou,modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068) 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) Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou,Guangxi, China (1074-1136) Zaicheng Mint (在城监), Jingzhou,modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1075) Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou,modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041) |
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