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2 Cash - Yuanfu Tongbao; Seal script

2 Cash - Yuanfu (Tongbao; Seal script) - obverse2 Cash - Yuanfu (Tongbao; Seal script) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Zhezong (宋哲宗) (1085-1100)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1098-1100
Value 2 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 8.50 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
44040
References Hartill# 16.335
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.
, FD# 1010
Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
, Schjoth# 604
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:
 元
寶 符
 通

Lettering (regular font):
 元
寶 符
 通

Translation:
Yuan Fu Tong Bao
Yuanfu (3rd era of Zhezong, 1098-1100) / Universal currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Plain

Mints

Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179)
Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army (广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149)
Guangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou, modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?; 1083-1124)
Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院), Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087)
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou, modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?)
Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)
Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1098-1100) 

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