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2 Cash - Shaoxi Yuanbao, Seal script, with crescent and dot, iron
Issuer | Empire of China |
Year | 1190-1194 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 2 Cash |
Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
Composition | Iron |
Weight | |
Dimensions | 28 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round with a square hole Cast |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | Hartill#17.313, FD#1228 |
Obverse description | Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Seal script). |
Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, seal script) |
Obverse lettering | 紹
寶 熙
元 (Translation: Shao Xi Yuan Bao Shaoxi (era of Guangzong, 1190-1194) / Original currency) |
Reverse description | One crescent above (facing up) and one dot below. |
Reverse script | |
Reverse lettering | |
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-?) Hanyang Mint, Hanyang Army(汉阳监), modern-day Hanyang District, Hubei, China (circa 1191-1205) Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou,modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214) 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 | ND
(1190-1194) - -
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Catalog ID | 2178350960 |
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