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1 Cash - Yuanfeng Tongbao, Running script, with crescent
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty |
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| Year | 1078-1085 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim and a broad flat field, bearing the four-character reign title legend 元豐通寶 (Yuanfeng Tongbao) arranged in running script (xingshu) in the four cardinal positions around the central hole — top, bottom, right, and left respectively. A small crescent mark appears in the field, serving as a mint or furnace identification symbol. The characters are rendered in a fluid, cursive calligraphic style characteristic of Northern Song coinage, enclosed between a raised inner square rim and a plain outer rim. The coin displays an olive-green patina consistent with burial bronze. |
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| Mint | Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou,modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) 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-?) 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 Xihe County, Gansu, China (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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The Yuanfeng reign of Emperor Shenzong was one of the most fiscally turbulent of the Northern Song — his administration was defined by Wang Anshi's New Policies, a sweeping reform program that restructured state finance, credit, and taxation. Copper cash production expanded sharply during this period to fund those reforms. The crescent variety, a small additional mark whose exact function remains debated among specialists, likely denotes a specific furnace or batch authorization within one of the multiple mints operating concurrently under tightened central oversight.