1 Cash - Shaosheng Yuanbao; Running script; with crescent

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Northern Song dynasty › Zhezong (宋哲宗) (1085-1100)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1094-1097
Value	1 Cash
Currency	Cash (621-1912)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.39 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1.2 mm
Shape	Round with a square hole
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 139079
References	Hartill# 16.312 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. , FD# 993 Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. , Schjoth# 588 Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Running script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, running script)

Lettering:
　紹
寶　聖
　元

Translation:
Shao Sheng Yuan Bao
Shaosheng (2nd era of Zhezong, 1094-1098) / Original currency

Designer: Su Shi (蘇軾)

Reverse

One crescent at various locations.

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179)
	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)
	Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096)
	Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院), Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087)
	Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
	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)

Comments

Hartill says Su Shi designed some coins of Zhezong, but does not specify which era he designed coins for. Because Sima Guang would have designed the coins for the Yuanyou era, and because Su Shi was banished in 1094, it is likely Su Shi designed the coins for the Shaosheng era.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1094-1097)	Hartill#16.311: Small characters, plain reverse	13%
ND (1094-1097)	Hartill#16.312: Crescent above (facing up)	69%
ND (1094-1097)	Hartill#16.313: Crescent below (facing down)	31%

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