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1 Cash - Yuanfu Tongbao, Running script, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1098-1100 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation (cash hole) surrounded by a plain inner rim and an outer rim with irregular cast edges. Four Chinese ideograms in running script (xingshu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central aperture, reading clockwise from the top: 元 (Yuán), 符 (Fú), 通 (Tōng), 寶 (Bǎo), together forming the reign-era inscription 'Yuanfu Tongbao.' The characters are rendered in a fluid, cursive calligraphic style characteristic of Northern Song iron cash, cast in relatively low relief against a plain field. The overall surface exhibits the rough, granular texture typical of cast iron coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | 元 寶 符 通 (Translation: Yuan Fu Tong Bao Yuanfu (3rd era of Zhezong, 1098-1100) / Universal currency) |
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| Mint | Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou(Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) Guangji Mint (广济监), Tongzhou,modern-day Dali County, Shaanxi, China (circa 1081) Hancheng Mint / Foundry of the Longmen Mint (韩城监 / 又称龙门监), Tongzhou, modern-day Hejin, Shanxi,China (1083-?; 1087-?) Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院),Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087) Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou,modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) Longde-fu Mint (隆德府监),modern-day Changzhi, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou,modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) West Yongli Mint (永利西监),Fenzhou, modern-day Fenyang, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?) |
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