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

€218,355.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1180-1183
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#17.178
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Seal script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, seal 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 柒
(Translation: Chun / Qi Qichun (mint) / Year 7)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Mintage7 (1180)  - Hartill#17.178: Year 柒 (Qi) -
10 (1183)  - Hartill#17.179: Year 拾 (Shi) -
Catalog ID9041697800
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