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10 Cash - Shengsong Yuanbao, Seal script, iron
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty |
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| Year | 1101-1106 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four Chinese characters in Seal script (zhuanshu), arranged in cruciform reading order — top, right, bottom, left — forming the reign title and currency denomination. The four ideographs 聖宋元寶 (Sheng Song Yuan Bao) are rendered in the elegant, archaic Seal script style characteristic of Northern Song imperial coinage under Emperor Huizong's era. Each character is positioned in one of the four cardinal fields around the central perforation, with the strokes exhibiting the rounded, symmetrical quality typical of high-quality Song dynasty cast iron cash. The flat field is unadorned, and the coin is bounded by a plain raised rim. |
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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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