2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao, Clerical script, Chun, with year, iron

€218,075.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1182
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value2 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionIron
Weight
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#17.256, Schjoth#746
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Clerical script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, clerical script)
Obverse lettering 淳 寶 熙  元
(Translation: Chun Xi Yuan Bao Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency)
Reverse descriptionOne Chinese ideogram above and one below.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering春 㺵
(Translation: Chun / Jiu Qichun (mint) / Year 9)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Mintage9 (1182)  - Hartill#17.256: Year 㺵 (Jiu) -
Catalog ID1356193640
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