5 Cash - Jiaxi Tongbao; iron

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Southern Song dynasty › Lizong (宋理宗) (1224-1264)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1237-1240
Value 5 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Iron
Diameter 35 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
221159
References Hartill# 17.765,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 1514
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.

Obverse

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

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 嘉
寶 通
 熙

Translation:
Jia Xi Tong Bao
Jiaxi (4th era of Lizong, 1237-1240) / Universal currency

Reverse

One Chinese ideogram above and two below.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:

中東

Translation:
Wu / Dong Zhong
Value 5 / East Middle

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou, modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China

Comments

These are presumably cast at the Huimin Mint.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1237-1240)  東中 (Dong Zhong; East Middle)

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