1 Cash - Chunhua Yuanbao; Grass script; without dot
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Northern Song dynasty › Taizong (宋太宗) (976-997)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 990-994 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.83 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 30126 |
| References | Hartill# 16.32 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. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Grass script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, grass script)
Lettering:
淳
寶 化
元
Translation:
Chun Hua Yuan Bao
Chunhua (4th era of Taizong, 990-994) / Original currency
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Taiyuan-fu, modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (979-1039) | |
| Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (990-994) | 
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$ 1.50 | Hartill#16.32-33: Minor varieties | ||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 194 Lot 1032 
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15 May 2026 | XF | Unsold | |
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Katz Auction 184 Lot 2321
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27 Feb 2026 | XF | Unsold | |
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