1 Cash - Anonymous Kaiyuan Tongbao; with crescent and dot
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 621-907 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.53 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 210879 |
| References | Hartill# 14.1ah-am David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)
Lettering:
開
寶 通
元
Translation:
Kai Yuan Tong Bao
Inaugural currency
Designer: Ouyang Xun (欧阳询)
Reverse
At least one crescent and at least one dot at various locations.
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Danzhou, modern-day Yichuan County, Shaanxi, China | |
| Ezhou, modern-day Wuhan, Hubei, China | |
| Fuzhou, Fujian, China | |
| Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | |
| Guiyang Inspectorate, modern-day Guiyang County, Hunan, China | |
| Guizhou, modern-day Guilin, Guangxi, China | |
| Hongzhou, modern-day Nanchang, Jiangxi, China | |
| Jingzhao, modern-day Xi’an, Shaanxi, China | |
| Jingzhou, Hubei, China | |
| Lantian, modern-day Lantian County, Shaanxi, China | |
| Liangzhou, modern-day Nanzheng District, Shaanxi, China | |
| Luozhou, modern-day Luoyang, Henan, China | |
| Pingzhou, modern-day Lulong County, Hebei, China | |
| Runzhou, modern-day Dantu District, Jiangsu, China | |
| Tanzhou, modern-day Changsha, Hunan, China | |
| Xiangzhou, modern-day Xianfeng County, Hubei, China | |
| Xingzhou, modern-day Lueyang County, Shaanxi, China | |
| Xuanzhou, modern-day Xuancheng, Anhui, China | |
| Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| Yanzhou, modern-day Yanzhou District, Shandong, China | |
| Yizhou, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China | |
| Yongzhou, modern-day Lingling District, Hunan, China | |
| Yuezhou, modern-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China | |
| Zizhou, modern-day Santai County, Sichuan, China |
Comments
Three main types exist:
Hundreds of reverse varieties exist, including various position of lines, dots, and crescents. Hartill gives the following reverse varieties (indicated by letters), with each letter variety being applicable to each Hartill number:
Various examples
Early type:
© Beast Coins
Middle type:
© ollisaarinen
Late type:
- Early types (621-718): the middle section of Kai (開) does not touch the top of the hole.
- Middle types (718-732): the middle section of Kai does touch the top of the hole, and the two horizontal strokes of Bao (寶) do not touch the vertical lines.
- Late type (732-907): the middle section of Kai does touch the top of the hole, and the two horizontal strokes of Bao usually touch the vertical lines (and these examples are typically cruder).
Hundreds of reverse varieties exist, including various position of lines, dots, and crescents. Hartill gives the following reverse varieties (indicated by letters), with each letter variety being applicable to each Hartill number:
Various examples
Early type:
© Beast Coins
Middle type:
© ollisaarinen
Late type:
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (621-718) | Hartill#14.01: Early type; regular size (around 25 mm) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (621-718) | Hartill#14.02: Early type; larger size (around 26 mm) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (718-732) | Hartill#14.03: Middle type; no shoulders on 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (718-732) | Hartill#14.04: Middle type; left shoulder on 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (718-732) | Hartill#14.05: Middle type; right shoulder on 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (732-907) | Hartill#14.06-07: Late type; no shoulders on 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (732-907) | Hartill#14.08: Late type; left shoulder on 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (732-907) | Hartill#14.09: Late type; right shoulder on 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (732-907) | Hartill#14.12: Late type; dot to the left of 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (732-907) | Hartill#14.13: Late type; dot to the right of 元 (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||
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