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Replica - 500 Cash Coin Tally
| Issuer | Lin'an Prefecture (臨安府), Southern Song Dynasty |
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| Type | Contemporary counterfeit coin |
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| Reverse lettering | 準 伍 佰 文 省 |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Lin'an was the Southern Song capital — modern Hangzhou — and its prefecture mint was among the most active in the dynasty, producing cash coins in enormous volume to meet the demands of a sophisticated commercial economy increasingly reliant on paper money for large transactions and bronze coin for small ones. The 500-cash denomination was a convenience fiction: no such coin circulated at face value in daily use, but tally or "virtual" cash pieces served accounting and ceremonial functions within the bureaucratic financial system.
This is a modern replica. Treat accordingly.