1 Cash - Yuanfeng Tongbao; Clerical script
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Northern Song dynasty › Shenzong (宋神宗) (1067-1085)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1078-1085 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.30 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 20613 |
| References | Hartill# 16.233 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. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Clerical script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)
Lettering:
元
寶 豐
通
Translation:
Yuan Feng Tong Bao
Yuanfeng (2nd era of Shenzong, 1078-1085) / Universal currency
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) | |
| Fengguo Mint (丰国监), Jianzhou, modern-day Jian'ou, Fujian, China (?-1175) | |
| 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) | |
| Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096) | |
| Guangning Mint (广宁监), Jiangzhou, modern-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China (999-?; 1170-?) | |
| 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) | |
| Taoshan Garrison Mint (滔山镇监), Minzhou, modern-day Xihe County, Gansu, China (1078) | |
| Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214) | |
| Weiyuan Garrison Mint, Tongyuan Army (威远镇监), modern-day Wushan County, Gansu, China (1068) | |
| Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou, modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068) | |
| 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) | |
| Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136) | |
| Zaicheng Mint (在城监), Jingzhou, modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1075) | |
| Zhuyang Mint (朱阳监), Jingzhou, modern-day Lingbao, Henan, China (1041) |
Comments
Japanese imitations exists as Nagasaki trade coin (cast from 1659-1685), which are more common than this type.
The two types can be differenciated by the Feng character:
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The two types can be differenciated by the Feng character:
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See also
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1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Seal script)
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1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Seal script; with crescent)
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1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Running script)
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1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Running script; with crescent)
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1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Running script; with dot)
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1 Cash - Yuanfeng (Tongbao; Running script; with crescent and dot)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1078-1085) | $ 2.80 | Hartill#16.233-234: Minor varieties | |||||||||||||
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