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2 Cash - Yuanfu Tongbao; Running script; iron

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Zhezong (宋哲宗) (1085-1100)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1098-1100
Value 2 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Iron
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
215089
References Hartill# 16.350
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.
, FD# 1014
Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Running script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, running script)

Lettering:
 元
寶 符
 通

Translation:
Yuan Fu Tong Bao
Yuanfu (3rd era of Zhezong, 1098-1100) / Universal currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

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-?)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1098-1100)  Hartill#16.350: Large size (around 32 mm)
ND (1098-1100)  Hartill#16.351: Small size (around 30 mm)

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