Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Running script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, running
script)
Obverse lettering
淳
寶 化
元 (Translation: Chun Hua Yuan Bao Chunhua (4th era of Taizong, 990-994) / Original currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Daning Mint (大宁监), modern-day Wuxi, Chongqing, China (991-992) Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)