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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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| Value | 3 Cash |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse, entirely uniface. The central square hole is framed by a raised square boss, surrounded by a flat, undecorated field extending to a raised outer rim. No inscription, symbols, or mint marks are present on this face, which is characteristic of many Northern Song iron cash issues of this denomination. |
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| Mint | Baoxin Mint (宝新监), Rongzhou, modern-day Rongshui, Guangxi, China (circa 1116) Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou (Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou, Guangdong, China (1067) Guangzhou Mint (广州钱监), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Hezhou Mint (贺州钱监), modern-day Hezhou, Guangxi, China Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou, modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou, modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) Kangzhou Mint (康州钱监), modern-day Deqing, Guangdong, China Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou, modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) Tongbao Mint (通宝监), Yongzhou, modern-day Nanning, Guangxi, China (circa 1116) Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou, modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068) Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an, Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?) |
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The Zhenghe reign of Emperor Huizong was among the most prolific minting periods of the Northern Song dynasty, with enormous quantities of both bronze and iron cash produced across multiple denominations. Iron coinage was typically minted in northern frontier regions where copper was scarce or strategically reserved — sending iron coins into circulation freed bronze for military procurement and tribute payments during a period of mounting pressure from the Jurchen Jin along the northern border.
Huizong himself was an accomplished calligrapher, and the seal script rendering on this type reflects court aesthetic priorities that filtered directly into die production.