1 Cash - Tiansheng Yuanbao; Regular script; iron

1 Cash - Tiansheng (Yuanbao; Regular script; iron) - obverse1 Cash - Tiansheng (Yuanbao; Regular script; iron) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Western Xia Empire (Tatar dynasties)
Emperor Renzong (1139-1193)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1149-1169
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (1053-1223)
Composition Iron
Weight 3.54 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
195996
References Hartill# 18.99,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 1684
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 天
寶 盛
 元

Translation:
Tian Sheng Yuan Bao
Tiansheng (3rd era of Renzong, 1149-1169) / Original currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1149-1169) 

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