Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Regular script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
端
寶 通
平 (Translation: Duan Ping Tong Bao Duanping (3rd era of Lizong, 1234-1236) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou,modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou,modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou,modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)
Mintage
ND
(1234-1236) - Hartill#17.741-742: Large characters (Duan touching rim; minor varieties) - ND
(1234-1236) - Hartill#17.743: Small characters (Duan not touching rim) -