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3 Cash - Zhenghe Tongbao, Seal script, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1111-1118 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole (穿) surrounded by four Chinese seal-script (篆書) ideograms arranged in cruciform reading order — top, right, bottom, left — forming the reign-title legend 政和通寶 (Zhenghe Tongbao). The characters are boldly cast in relief against a flat inner field, with a raised inner rim enclosing the legend and a broad outer rim framing the coin. The seal-script style is characterized by rounded, archaic strokes typical of Northern Song imperial epigraphy, executed with a high degree of calligraphic refinement consistent with the personal brushwork attributed to Emperor Huizong's court. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1111-1118) - Hartill#16.438-439: Wide rims (around 3 mm; minor varieties) - ND (1111-1118) - Hartill#16.440: Narrow rims (around 1 mm) - |
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