1 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao; Tong; original writing; iron

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (1162-1189)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1173
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Iron
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
216996
References Hartill# 17.158,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 1196
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:
 纯
寶 熙
 元

Translation:
Chun Xi Yuan Bao
Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency

Reverse

One Chinese ideogram above.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:

Translation:
Tong
Tong'an (mint)

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)

Comments

For the first six days of the Chunxi era, Chunxi was written like 纯熙 rather than 淳熙.

The original writing is only known on coins with the Tong mintmark. Obviously, casting at that mint started right away, although it is possible they continued casting with this writing past the six days (it would have taken time for the news of the new writting to reach them, and to change the molds).

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