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2 Cash - Jiatai Yuanbao, Chun, read standard, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1201 |
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| Value | 2 Cash |
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| Reverse description | Two Chinese ideograms in Regular script (Kaishu) cast in relief, one above and one below the central square hole, reading 春 (Chun, upper) and 元 (Yuan, lower). The characters identify the Qichun Mint and denote the first year of issue. The field is plain with a raised inner and outer rim, typical of Southern Song iron cash production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Jiatai reign period (1201–1204) fell during the Southern Song dynasty under Emperor Ningzong, a time when the dynasty was hemorrhaging silver and copper northward through tribute payments to the Jin dynasty. Iron cash were struck as a practical stopgap — copper was too strategically valuable to mint freely. The Chun mint, located in modern Hunan province, was one of several regional furnaces pressed into iron production during this period.
The standard script reading distinguishes this variety from the seal-script and running-script alternatives documented in Hartill, all struck contemporaneously at different facilities.