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3 Cash - Zhihe Zhongbao, read standard
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1054-1055 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Regular script) |
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| Mint | Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou(Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) Guangji Mint (广济监), Tongzhou,modern-day Dali County, Shaanxi, China (circa 1081) Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou,modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou,modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou,modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou,modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041) |
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Zhihe was a reign period lasting just two years under Emperor Renzong of the Song dynasty — the final era title of a reign that had itself stretched over four decades, the longest of any Song emperor. Iron cash of this period were produced to supplement chronic copper shortages, a problem that worsened throughout the mid-eleventh century as copper was hoarded, exported, or consumed by the Buddhist trade in ritual bronzes. Iron coinage was never popular with the public and circulated poorly outside the regions where it was issued.
Hartill 16.145 is among the scarcer iron issues of Renzong's reign.