1 Cash - Zhidao Yuanbao; Regular script

1 Cash - Zhidao (Yuanbao; Regular script) - obverse1 Cash - Zhidao (Yuanbao; Regular script) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Taizong (宋太宗) (976-997)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 995-997
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.54 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
27404
References Hartill# 16.35,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 872,
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Schjoth# 465
Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 至
寶 道
 元

Translation:
Zhi Dao Yuan Bao
Zhidao (5th era of Taizong, 995-997) / Original currency

Designer: Song Taizong

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

Mints

Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179)
Taiyuan-fu, modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (979-1039)
Yongfeng Mint (永丰监), Chizhou, modern-day Guichi District, Anhui, China (996)
Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)

Comments

During this era, the inscriptions were written by Emperor Taizong himself, who was a noted scholar and calligrapher.

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ND (995-997)  $ 2.00 96% Hartill#16.35: Large size (around 23mm)
ND (995-997)  3% Hartill#16.36: Small size (around 21mm)

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