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1 Cash - Zhidao Yuanbao, Running script, without dot
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 995-997 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Mint | Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou,modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) Taiyuan-fu, modern-day Taiyuan,Shanxi, China (979-1039) 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) |
| Mintage | ND (995-997) - Hartill#16.37: Large size (around 23 mm) - ND (995-997) - Hartill#16.39: Small size (around 21 mm) - |
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Zhidao was the final reign period of Emperor Taizong of Song, who died in 997 after a reign marked by failed military campaigns to recover the Sixteen Prefectures from the Liao dynasty. The cash coinage of this period was produced at multiple furnaces across the empire, and calligraphic style — here the cursive caoshu running script — varied by casting location rather than by any centralized directive. The "without dot" distinction references the absence of a small raised mark within the reverse crescent, a minor die characteristic that separates this variety from Hartill 16.36.