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2 Cash - Yuanfu Tongbao, Seal script, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1098-1100 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Circular cast iron coin featuring a central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim. The four-character reign title inscription 元符通寶 (Yuanfu Tongbao) is arranged in the traditional reading order — top, bottom, right, left — in elegant seal script (zhuanshu), with one character positioned in each quadrant of the coin field. The legends are rendered in low relief against a flat, unadorned field, with the strokes exhibiting the characteristic rounded and archaizing forms of Song dynasty seal-script coinage. An outer raised rim encircles the design, and the coin bears the typical irregular casting texture associated with iron Song cash of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, seal script) |
| Obverse lettering | 元 符 通 寶 |
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