2 Cash - Jiatai Yuanbao, Chun, read standard, iron

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.