1 Cash - Xining Yuanbao; Clerical script; Heng

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Shenzong (宋神宗) (1067-1085)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1068-1077
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.45 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
213607
References Hartill# 16.181,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 954
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:
 熙
寶 寧
 元

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

Reverse

One Chinese ideogram above.

Lettering:

Translation:
Heng
Hengzhou (city)

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou, modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1068-1077) 

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