1 Cash - Songyuan Tongbao; with crescent
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Northern Song dynasty › Taizu (宋太祖) (960-976)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 960-976 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.42 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 135217 |
| References | Hartill# 16.1 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Clerical script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)
Lettering:
宋
寶 通
元
Translation:
Song Yuan Tong Bao
Inaugurale Song / Universal currency
Reverse
One crescent at various locations.
Edge
Plain
Comments
Rather than using era names, Taizu used the dynastic title Songyuan on these pieces to signify the beginning of the Song dynasty.
The exact mints of these earliest Song pieces are uncertain, as nothing this early appear in "List of Song Dynasty Mints for Iron & Tin Alloy Cash (宋代铁钱监、夹锡钱监一览表)". It is possible the mints for these pieces were all mints from previous dynasties.
Two main types exist:
Type 1) Small type (around 23 millimetres)
Type 2) Large type (around 25 millimetres)
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The exact mints of these earliest Song pieces are uncertain, as nothing this early appear in "List of Song Dynasty Mints for Iron & Tin Alloy Cash (宋代铁钱监、夹锡钱监一览表)". It is possible the mints for these pieces were all mints from previous dynasties.
Two main types exist:
Type 1) Small type (around 23 millimetres)
Type 2) Large type (around 25 millimetres)
DocYuanShoulders
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.1a: Type 1; crescent above | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.1b: Type 1; crescent to the left | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.1c: Type 1; crescent to the right | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.2 g: Type 2; crescent below | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.2e: Type 2; crescent above (left-shoulder Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.2f: Type 2; crescent to the right | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.2h: Type 2; crescent to the left | ||||||||||||||
| ND (960-976) | Hartill#16.4: Type 2: crescent above (right-shoulder Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
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