1 Cash - Jianyan Tongbao; Clerical script; iron

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Southern Song dynasty › Gaozong (宋高宗) (1127-1162)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1127-1130
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Iron
Weight 4.98 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
216460
References Hartill# 17.24
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Clerical script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)

Lettering:
 建
寶 通
 炎

Translation:
Jian Yan Tong Bao
Jianyan (1st era of Geozong, 1127-1130) / Universal currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

Mints

Baoxin Mint (宝新监), Rongzhou, modern-day Rongshui, Guangxi, China (circa 1116)
Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou (Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?)
Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou, modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China
Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou, modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128)
Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou, modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?)
Tongbao Mint (通宝监), Yongzhou, modern-day Nanning, Guangxi, China (circa 1116)
Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an, Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)

Comments

In mid-1128, the Huimin and Shaoxing Mints (amongst others) stopped casting iron coins due to them no longer being profitable. Specifically at the Huimin Mint, it cost 210,000 strings of Cash to cast 100,000 strings of Cash.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1127-1130) 

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