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1 Cash - Yuanfu Tongbao, Running script
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1098-1100 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Plain uniface reverse exhibiting a central square perforation enclosed by a raised inner rim, with a broad, unadorned flat field extending to a raised outer rim. No legends, symbols, or mint marks are present. The surface displays heavy green cuprite and malachite patination with pronounced encrustations distributed across the field and along the outer rim, consistent with prolonged burial in a moist environment. |
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| Mintage | ND (1098-1100) - Hartill#16.342: Bao with spread feet - ND (1098-1100) - Hartill#16.343: Bao with claw feet - |
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Yuanfu was the final reign title of Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song dynasty, adopted in 1098 and cut short by his death in early 1100 at age twenty-three. The running-script (xingshu) variety of this issue is one of three calligraphic styles produced under this reign title — the others being regular and slender gold script — a practice that reflected the Song court's unusual habit of commissioning cash in multiple scripts simultaneously, sometimes with the emperor's own calligraphy serving as the model for the dies.