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

€217,846.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1182-1185
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value2 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionIron
Weight
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#17.248
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 sometimes one below.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering十 一
(Translation: Shi Yi Year 11)
EdgeSmooth.
MintDingcheng Mint (定城监), Guangzhou,modern-day Huangchuan, Henan, China (circa 1184-1192)
Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou(Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129;
1153-?)
Fumin Mint / Foundry of the Daye and
Dabao Mints, Xingguo Army (富民监 / 又称大冶监), Daye, Hubei, China(1170-1212)
Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China
Iron Currency Mint, Nan`an Army(铁钱监), modern-day Dayu, Jiangxi, China (circa 1172)
Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa
970-1129)
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-?)
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)
Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)
Mintage9 (1182)  - Hartill#17.248: Year 九 (Jiu) -
10 (1183)  - Hartill#17.249: Year 十 (Shi) -
11 (1184)  - Hartill#17.250: Year 十一 (Shi Yi) -
12 (1185)  - Hartill#17.251: Year 十二 (Shi Er) -
Catalog ID5768812790
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