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

€218,074.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1181-1183
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#17.254
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular 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
(Translation: Chun / Jiu Qichun (mint) / Year 9)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Mintage8 (1181)  - Hartill#17.254: Year 捌 (Ba) -
9 (1182)  - Hartill#17.255: Year 㺵 (Jiu) -
10 (1183)  - Hartill#17.257: Year 拾 (Shi) -
Catalog ID4168201400
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