Catalog
1 Cash - Zhidao Yuanbao, Tin imitation
| Issuer | Malay peninsula |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Tin "cash" imitations circulated widely across the Malay peninsula and Borneo as a practical response to chronic shortages of Chinese copper cash, which dominated small-denomination trade throughout the region. Local production in tin — a material the peninsula had in abundance — allowed petty commerce to continue where genuine imported coinage simply wasn't available in sufficient quantities. The Zhidao reign period corresponds to 995–997 AD in the Northern Song, making authentic examples already ancient by the time these imitations entered circulation.