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1 Cash - Zhenghe Tongbao, Seal script, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1111-1118 |
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| Reference(s) | Hartill#16.432, FD#1085, Schjoth#641 |
| Obverse description | Cast iron cash coin centred on a square central perforation (fangkong), surrounded by a plain raised inner rim. Four Chinese characters in seal script (zhuanshu) are disposed in cruciform arrangement around the central hole, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 政 (zheng), 和 (he), 通 (tong), 寶 (bao), together forming the reign-title legend 政和通寶 (Zhenghe Tongbao). The characters display the fluid, rounded strokes characteristic of Northern Song seal script engraving, with raised relief against a flat field. A plain raised outer rim encircles the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 政和通寶 (Translation: Zhenghe Tongbao — "Zhenghe [era] circulating treasure"; Zhenghe: 4th reign era of Emperor Huizong, 1111-1118) |
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| Mint | Baoxin Mint (宝新监), Rongzhou,modern-day Rongshui, Guangxi, China (circa 1116) Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou(Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou,Guangdong, China (1067) Guangzhou Mint (广州钱监),Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Hezhou Mint (贺州钱监), modern-day Hezhou, Guangxi, China Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou,modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) Kangzhou Mint (康州钱监), modern-day Deqing, Guangdong, China Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou,modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) Tongbao Mint (通宝监), Yongzhou,modern-day Nanning, Guangxi, China (circa 1116) Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou,modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068) Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?) |
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