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10 Cash - Shengsong Yuanbao, Running script, iron
| Issuer | Imperial Chinese Mint (Northern Song Dynasty) |
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| Year | 1101-1106 |
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| Composition | Iron |
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| Obverse description | Cast iron cash coin of the Northern Song Dynasty, featuring four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform order around a central square perforation, reading clockwise in the cursive running script (xingshu) style: 聖 (top), 宋 (right), 元 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend 'Sheng Song Yuan Bao' (Holy Song Original Currency). The characters are boldly rendered in raised relief against a flat inner field, framed by a raised inner rim encircling the square hole and an outer raised rim at the coin's periphery. The calligraphic style is characteristic of the imperial brush-written inscriptions commissioned during the reign of Emperor Huizong's predecessor. The overall type is consistent with Hartill 16.396, the large-character variety in which the top horizontal stroke of 寶 extends above the level of the square hole. |
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| Obverse lettering | 聖 寶 宋 元 (Translation: Sheng Song Yuan Bao Imperial Song / Original currency) |
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| Mint | Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou(Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) Guangji Mint (广济监), Tongzhou,modern-day Dali County, Shaanxi, China (circa 1081) Hancheng Mint / Foundry of the Longmen Mint (韩城监 / 又称龙门监), Tongzhou, modern-day Hejin, Shanxi,China (1083-?; 1087-?) Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院),Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087) Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou,modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) Longde-fu Mint (隆德府监),modern-day Changzhi, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214) Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou,modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou,modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183) Tong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou,modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214) West Yongli Mint (永利西监),Fenzhou, modern-day Fenyang, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou,modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068) Xunzhou Mint (浔州钱监), modern-day Guiping, Guangxi, China (circa 1078-1093; 1104-1110) Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?) |
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