2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao; Seal script; with crescent and dot
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (1162-1189)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1174-1179 |
| Value | 2 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.89 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 217009 |
| References | Hartill# 17.168 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. 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:
淳
寶 熙
元
Lettering (regular font):
淳
寶 熙
元
Translation:
Chun Xi Yuan Bao
Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency
Reverse
One crescent above (facing up) and one dot below.
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) | |
| Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou, modern-day Jian'ou, Fujian, China (?-1175) | |
| Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) | |
| Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监), Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) | |
| Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157) | |
| Yongtong Mint (永通监), Shaozhou, modern-day Shaoguan, Guangdong, China (1048-?; 1157-1185) |
Comments
In 1180, numbers were added to the reverses to indicate the year of issue (which was said to reduce the amount of illegal casting). Presumably, coins without years were cast before the numbers were added.
See also
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Quan)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; with crescent and dot)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Zheng)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Quan)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; with year)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1174-1179) | Hartill#17.168-169: Minor varieties | ||||||||||||||
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