1 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao; Regular script; Tong; with year; iron

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (1162-1189)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	7-15 (1180-1188)
Calendar	Chinese - Chunxi era
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# 217834
References	Hartill# 17.215 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
　淳
寶　熙
　元

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

Reverse

One Chinese ideogram above and at least one below.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
同
柒

Translation:
Tong / Ba
Tong'an (mint) / Year 7

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Comments

In 1180, numbers were added to the reverses to indicate the year of issue (which was said to reduce the amount of illegal casting). Presumably, coins without years were cast before the numbers were added.

See also

• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Tong; original writing; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Li; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Chun; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Chun; with crescent and dot; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Song; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Shu Tong; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Shu Tong; with crescent; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Tong; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Song; with year; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Chun; with year; iron)
• 1 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Chun; with year; iron)

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