2 Cash - Zhenghe Tongbao; Seal script

2 Cash - Zhenghe (Tongbao; Seal script) - obverse2 Cash - Zhenghe (Tongbao; Seal script) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Huizong (宋徽宗) (1100-1125)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1111-1118
Value 2 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 7.02 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
30270
References Hartill# 16.435,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 1077,
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Schjoth# 638
Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

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

Script: Chinese (traditional, seal script)

Lettering:
 政
寶 通
 和

Lettering (regular font):
 政
寶 通
 和

Translation:
Zhong He Tong Bao
Zhonghe (4th era of Huizong, 1111-1118) / Universal currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Smooth.

Mints

Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou, Guangdong, China (1067)
Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army (广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149)
Guangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou, modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?; 1083-1124)
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Shanzhou Inspectorate Mint (陕州监), Shaanzhou, modern-day Shaan County, Henan, China
Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou, modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?)
Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)
Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136)

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