1 Cash - Shaosheng Yuanbao; Seal script; with crescent; iron
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 | Iron |
| Weight | 7.00 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 215062 |
| References | Hartill# 16.300 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Seal script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, seal script)
Lettering:
紹
寶 聖
元
Lettering (regular font):
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
| Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou (Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?) | |
| Guangji Mint (广济监), Tongzhou, modern-day Dali County, Shaanxi, China (circa 1081) | |
| Hancheng Mint / Foundry of the Longmen Mint (韩城监 / 又称龙门监), Tongzhou, modern-day Hejin, Shanxi, China (1083-?; 1087-?) | |
| Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院), Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087) | |
| Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou, modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China | |
| Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou, modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128) | |
| Longde-fu Mint (隆德府监), modern-day Changzhi, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) | |
| Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou, modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?) | |
| West Yongli Mint (永利西监), Fenzhou, modern-day Fenyang, Shanxi, China (1094-1101) | |
| Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an, Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?) |
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 | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1094-1097) | Hartill#16.300: Crescent above (facing down) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1094-1097) | Hartill#16.301: Crescent to the right | ||||||||||||||
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