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1 Cash - Xining Yuanbao; Regular script

1 Cash - Xining (Yuanbao; Regular script) - obverse1 Cash - Xining (Yuanbao; Regular script) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Shenzong (宋神宗) (1067-1085)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1068-1077
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.56 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
19403
References Hartill# 16.182
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
, FD# 950
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
, Schjoth# 531
Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 熙
寶 寧
 元

Translation:
Xi Ning Yuan Bao
Xining (1st era of Shenzong, 1068-1077) / Original currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Plain

Mints

Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179)
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)
Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou, Guangdong, China (1067)
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)
Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096)
Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou, modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?)
Huazhou Mint (华州钱监), modern-day Hua County, Shaanxi, China (1071)
Jingzhao-fu Mint, Yongxing Army (京兆府监), modern-day Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (1071)
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)
Taoshan Garrison Mint (滔山镇监), Minzhou, modern-day Min County, Gansu, China (1076-1078)
Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
Weiyuan Garrison Mint, Tongyuan Army (威远镇监), modern-day Wushan County, Gansu, China (1068)
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)
Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136)
Zaicheng Mint (在城监), Jingzhou, modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1075)
Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou, modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041)

Comments

The Heng mintmark for Xining Mint is not known on 1 Cash pieces in Regular script, unlike all other scripts for this era, so it is possible Xining did not cast any coins of this script.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1068-1077)  $ 1.80 $ 1.80 $ 2.30 Hartill#16.182: Xi with left stroke separate 81%
ND (1068-1077)  Hartill#16.183: Xi with left stroke touching 19%
ND (1068-1077)  Hartill#16.184: Xi with left stroke incorporated; reverse corners without radiate lines 12%
ND (1068-1077)  Hartill#16.185: Xi with left stroke incorporated; reverse corners with radiate lines 3%

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