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5 Cash - Duanping Tongbao
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1234-1236 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin featuring four Chinese ideograms arranged in the traditional cruciform reading order — top, bottom, right, left — in regular script (kaishu), reading 端平通寶 (Duanping Tongbao). The characters are rendered in bold, well-defined strokes radiating outward from a central square perforation toward the raised inner rim. A broad, flat field surrounds the square hole, which is framed by a raised square border, and the entire design is encircled by a prominent raised outer rim. The coin exhibits a characteristic patina consistent with cast Song dynasty bronze coinage. |
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| 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) - |
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