2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao; Regular script; Song; with year; iron

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (1162-1189)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 7-11 (1180-1184)
Calendar Chinese - Chunxi era
Value 2 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Iron
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
218081
References Hartill# 17.266,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 1216
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:
 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:

Translation:
Song / Jiu
Susong (mint) / Year 9

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)

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.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
7 (1180)  Hartill#17.266: Year 柒 (Qi)
8 (1181)  Hartill#17.267: Year 捌 (Ba)
9 (1182)  Hartill#17.268: Year 九 (Jiu)
10 (1183)  Hartill#17.269: Year 十 (Shi)
11 (1184)  Hartill#17.270: Year 十一 (Shi Yi)

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