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2 Cash - Qiandao Yuanbao, Regular script, Tong, with crescent, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1170-1173 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Cast iron cash coin of standard Song dynasty form, featuring a central square perforation surrounded by an inner raised rim. The four-character reign inscription 乾道元寶 (Qiandao Yuanbao) is arranged in regular script (kaishu) reading top-bottom-right-left around the central hole, with each character occupying one quadrant of the field. The legends are rendered in a clean, formal calligraphic style typical of Southern Song imperial coinage. A raised outer rim frames the coin on both obverse and reverse. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain cast iron reverse with a central square perforation flanked by raised inner and outer rims. The mint mark character 同 (Tong, denoting the Tong'an Mint) appears in the right field in regular script, and a crescent-shaped symbol is visible in the left field, serving as a secondary identifying mark for this emission. The surface shows typical casting texture consistent with Southern Song iron cash production. |
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