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1 Cash - Yuanyou Tongbao, Seal script, Shaan
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1093 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, seal script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain, largely unadorned field with a central square hole and a single Chinese character 陝 (Shaan) cast above the perforation, identifying the Shanzhou mint. The character is rendered in standard script with moderate relief against the flat field. A raised inner rim borders the square hole, and a raised outer rim encircles the coin's periphery, both typical of Northern Song cast bronze cash. |
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The Yuanyou reign (1086–1094) was defined by the political reversal engineered by Empress Dowager Gao, who ruled as regent for the young Emperor Zhezong and systematically dismantled the New Policies of Wang Anshi. Cash coinage from this period was produced across multiple supervisories, with the Shaan mint — operating in Shaanxi — supplying currency for the northwestern frontier regions where commodity money and iron cash remained in parallel use. Hartill 16.265 distinguishes this piece by its seal script rendering, one of several script styles struck concurrently during the Northern Song as a matter of aesthetic convention rather than functional differentiation.