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2 Cash - Shaosheng Yuanbao, Running script
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1094-1097 |
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| Value | 2 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin featuring four Chinese ideograms in cursive running script (xingshu), arranged radially around a central square perforation and read in the traditional clockwise sequence top-right-bottom-left. The characters 紹聖元寶 (Shaosheng Yuanbao) are rendered with fluid, calligraphic strokes characteristic of the running script style favored during the reign of Emperor Zhezong. A plain inner rim borders the square hole, and a raised outer rim encircles the coin's periphery, both fields otherwise unadorned. |
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| Obverse lettering | 紹 寶 聖 元 (Translation: Shao Sheng Yuan Bao Shaosheng (2nd era of Zhezong, 1094-1098) / Original currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1094-1097) |
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