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2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao, Regular script, Shu Tong, with crescent, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1178-1179 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 淳 寶 熙 元 (Translation: Chun Xi Yuan Bao Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency) |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse field with a central square hole, bearing two Chinese ideograms in Regular script: 舒 (Shu) above the hole and 同 (Tong) below, denoting the issuing mint authority of Shuzhou and Tong'an. A crescent device appears to the right of the square hole, serving as a mint or batch identifier. The raised rim is plain and the overall casting is typical of Southern Song iron coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1178-1179) |
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