1 Cash - Zhihe Yuanbao; Seal script
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Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Northern Song dynasty › Renzong (宋仁宗) (1022-1063)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1054-1055 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.78 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 20614 |
| References | Hartill# 16.130 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Seal script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, seal script)
Lettering:
至
寶 和
元
Lettering (regular font):
至
寶 和
元
Translation:
Zhi He Yuan Bao
Zhihe (8th era of Renzong, 1054-1056) / Original currency
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Boji Mint (博济监), Yizhou, modern-day Pingliang, Gansu, China (1044-1072) | |
| Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou, modern-day Jian'ou, Fujian, China (?-1175) | |
| Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou, modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?) | |
| Yongfeng Mint (永丰监), Chizhou, modern-day Guichi District, Anhui, China (996) | |
| Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157) | |
| Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou, modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041) |
Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1054-1055) | $ 1.80 | $ 8.40 | Hartill#16.130-131: Large characters (around 23 mm) | 88% | |||||||||||
| ND (1054-1055) | Hartill#16.132: Small characters (around 22 mm) | 23% | |||||||||||||
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