1 Cash - Huichang Kaiyuan Tongbao; with Chang
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Tang dynasty › Wuzong (唐武宗) (840-846)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 841 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.29 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 211305 |
| References | Hartill# 14.50 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.
Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)
Lettering:
開
寶 通
元
Translation:
Kai Yuan Tong Bao
Inaugural currency
Designer: Ouyang Xun (欧阳询)
Reverse
One Chinese ideogram above.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering: 昌
Translation:
Chang
Huichang (era of Wuzong, 841-846)
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
These coins are said to be struck from the beginning of Huichang's era in 841 (used from the melted materials of destroyed Buddhist monasteries), to late 841, when the 'Chang' was to be replaced by a mintmark.
The only confirmed mint is Yangzhou (they were the original ones to get permission to cast these), but seeing how common these are, there are two possibilities: 1) 'Chang' was used posthumously as a mintmark for Yangzhou, which does not have its own type with a mintmark, or 2) the 'Chang' was adopted by other mints. The latter seems quite likely, where as the former is still possible (while the other mints changed mintmarks, Yangzhou could have retained the 'Chang').
The only confirmed mint is Yangzhou (they were the original ones to get permission to cast these), but seeing how common these are, there are two possibilities: 1) 'Chang' was used posthumously as a mintmark for Yangzhou, which does not have its own type with a mintmark, or 2) the 'Chang' was adopted by other mints. The latter seems quite likely, where as the former is still possible (while the other mints changed mintmarks, Yangzhou could have retained the 'Chang').
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (841) | |||||||||||||||
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