1 Cash - Huangsong Yuanbao; with year
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Southern Song dynasty › Lizong (宋理宗) (1224-1264)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1-6 (1253-1258) |
| Calendar | Chinese - Baoyou era |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.53 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 155433 |
| References | Hartill# 17.813 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 clockwise (in Regular script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
皇
寶 宋
元
Translation:
Huang Song Yuan Bao
Imperial Song / Original currency
Reverse
One Chinese ideogram above.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering: 二
Translation:
Er
Year 2
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) | |
| Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou, modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) | |
| Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157) |
Comments
It was considered improper to use two of the same ideograms in the legend, so during the Baoyou era (1253-1258), to avoid having Bao shown twice, the dynastic title Huangsong was used.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1 (1253) | Hartill#17.813: Year 元 (Yuan) | 30% | |||||||||||||
| 2 (1254) | Hartill#17.814: Year 二 (Er) | 26% | |||||||||||||
| 3 (1255) | Hartill#17.815: Year 三 (San) | 52% | |||||||||||||
| 4 (1256) | Hartill#17.816: Year 四 (Si) | 26% | |||||||||||||
| 5 (1257) | Hartill#17.817: Year 五 (Wu) | 22% | |||||||||||||
| 6 (1258) | Hartill#17.818: Year 六 (Liu) | 30% | |||||||||||||
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