10 Cash - Chongning Zhongbao, with dot

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.