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2 Cash - Xuanhe Tongbao, Clerical script
| Issuer | Northern Song Dynasty |
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| Year | 1119-1125 |
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| Value | 2 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, clerical script) |
| Obverse lettering | 宣 寶 通 和 |
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Xuanhe was the final reign period of Emperor Huizong, a ruler better remembered as a painter and calligrapher than an administrator. His court was overrun by factional corruption under the chancellor Cai Jing, and the treasury was repeatedly strained by costly military campaigns against the Jurchen Jin. These 2 cash pieces were struck across multiple northern mints during those final years, with output volumes that have left them relatively accessible today despite the dynasty's imminent collapse.
Huizong was captured by the Jurchen at Kaifeng in 1127, two years after this issue ceased production. He died in captivity in 1135.