Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
淳
寶 熙
元 (Translation: Chun Xi Yuan Bao Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency)
Reverse description
One Chinese ideogram above and sometimes one below.
Reverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Reverse lettering
十
一 (Translation: Shi Yi Year 11)
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Dingcheng 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-?)
Mintage
9 (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) -