2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao, Regular script, Shu Song, with crescent, iron

€218,083.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1178-1179
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#17.272
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, one below, and one crescent to the right.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering舒 松
(Translation: Shu / Song Shuzhou (city) / Susong (mint))
EdgeSmooth.
Mint舒松
Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou,modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)
MintageND (1178-1179)  - -
Catalog ID4038079500
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