Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script)
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
乾
寶 道
元 (Translation: Qian Dao Yuan Bao Qiandao (2nd era of Xiaozong, 1165-1173) / Original currency)
Reverse description
One crescent above (facing up) and one dot below.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou,modern-day Jian`ou, Fujian, China (?-1175) Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) Hezhou Mint (和州钱监), modern-day He County, Anhui, China (1168-1178) Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou,modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157) Yongtong Mint (永通监), Shaozhou,modern-day Shaoguan, Guangdong, China (1048-?; 1157-1185)