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10 Cash - Chongning Zhongbao, with dot
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty |
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| Year | 1103-1105 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | 崇 寧 重 寶 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Chongning era (1101–1106) under Emperor Huizong marked an aggressive phase of the New Policies reform movement, and the proliferation of large-denomination cash coins was partly a fiscal instrument — flooding circulation with 10-cash pieces nominally valued at ten times a single cash but containing far less than ten times the metal. The dot variety of the Chongning Zhongbao distinguishes a specific die emission within a brief two-year window of production, Hartill treating it as a discrete type rather than a mere sub-variety.
Huizong's monetization experiments generated considerable contemporary complaints about currency manipulation, recorded in Song administrative texts.