2 Cash - Daguan Tongbao

Daguan Tongbao coinage was issued under Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song dynasty, a ruler better remembered for his extraordinary calligraphic skill than his political judgment. The Daguan reign period lasted only four years before giving way to Zhenghe, and Huizong himself would later die a captive of the Jurchen Jin after the catastrophic fall of Kaifeng in 1127. The slender script style found on these bronzes — slender gold thread script, or shòujīn tǐ — was designed by Huizong personally, making this among the very few coin series in history where the calligraphy is directly attributable to the issuing emperor.