1 Cash - Yuanfeng Tongbao; Clerical script

1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Clerical script) - obverse1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Clerical script) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Shenzong (宋神宗) (1067-1085)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1078-1085
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.30 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
20613
References Hartill# 16.233,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 969
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Clerical script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)

Lettering:
 元
寶 豐
 通

Translation:
Yuan Feng Tong Bao
Yuanfeng (2nd era of Shenzong, 1078-1085) / Universal currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

Mints

Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179)
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-?)
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 Xihe County, Gansu, China (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)
Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou, modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, 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

Japanese imitations exists as Nagasaki trade coin (cast from 1659-1685), which are more common than this type.

The two types can be differenciated by the Feng character:

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