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2 Cash - Yuanyou Tongbao, Running script
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1093-1094 |
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| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim, with four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading order around the hole, rendered in the fluid and cursive running script (xingshu) style. The four-character reign title legend 元祐通寶 (Yuanyou Tongbao) is cast in bold relief, with 元 (yuan) at top, 寶 (bao) at bottom, 通 (tong) at right, and 祐 (you) at left. The characters display the characteristic flowing, connected strokes of the xingshu calligraphic tradition, distinguished from the regular script issues of the same series. A raised outer rim frames the design, and the flat field between the inner and outer rims is plain and unadorned. |
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| Obverse lettering | 元祐通寶 (Translation: Yuán Yòu Tōng Bǎo - Yuanyou Universal Currency) |
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| Mint | Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102;\n1170-1179)\nFumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou, Guangdong, China (1067)\nGuanghui Mint, Nanping Army (广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149)\nGuangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou, modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?;\n1083-1124)\nGuangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096)\nHezhong Mint (河中府钱院), Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa\n1087)\nQichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)\nShenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou, modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?)\nSusong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)\nTong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)\nXining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou, modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068)\nXunzhou Mint (浔州钱监), modern-day Guiping, Guangxi, China (circa 1078-1093; 1104-1110)\nYuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136) |
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