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2 Cash - Shaoding Tongbao, with year
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1228-1233 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised square rim, within a round coin body bearing a raised outer rim. Four Chinese ideograms in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in the traditional cross pattern, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 紹 (Shao), 定 (Ding), 通 (Tong), 寶 (Bao). The inscription 紹定通寶 denotes the Shaoding reign era of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song dynasty. The field between the square and outer rims is plain and unadorned. |
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| Reverse lettering | 五 (Translation: Wu — Year 5 [1232]) |
| Edge | Plain |
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