2 Cash - Shaoxi Yuanbao, Regular script, Tong, with year, iron

€140,874.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1190-1194
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value2 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionIron
Weight7.30 g
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness2.6 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#17.353, FD#1233, Schjoth#733
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering 紹 寶 熙  元
(Translation: Shao Xi Yuan Bao Shaoxi (era of Guangzong, 1190-1194) / Original currency)
Reverse descriptionAt least one Chinese ideogram at various locations and one across from it.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering同 五
(Translation: Tong / Wu Tong`an (mint) / Year 5)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Tong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou,modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
Mintage1 (1190)  - Hartill#17.353: Year 元 (Yuan) -
2 (1191)  - Hartill#17.354: Year 二 (Er; Tong to the right and year to the left) -
2 (1191)  - Hartill#17.358: Year 二 (Er; Tong above and to the left and year below and to the right) -
3 (1192)  - Hartill#17.355: Year 三 (San) -
4 (1193)  - Hartill#17.356: Year 四 (Si) -
5 (1194)  - Hartill#17.357: Year 五 (Wu) -
Catalog ID8244735650
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