2 Cash - Yuanfu Tongbao; Seal script

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 (2^nd 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.

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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
Undetermined
ND (1098-1100)

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