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1 Cash - Jianyan Yuanbao; Clerical script; trial strike

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Southern Song dynasty › Gaozong (宋高宗) (1127-1162)
Type Patterns
Year 1127
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.67 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
216444
References Hartill# 17.2
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.
, FD# 1156
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:
 建
寶 炎
 元

Translation:
Jian Yan Yuan Bao
Jianyan (1st era of Geozong, 1127-1130) / Original currency

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Plain

Mints

Baoxin Mint (宝新监), Rongzhou, modern-day Rongshui, Guangxi, China (circa 1116)
Fengyuan Mint (丰远监), Jiazhou (Jiading-du), modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (?-1059; 1069-1129; 1153-?)
Huimin Mint (惠民监), Qiongzhou, modern-day Qionglai, Sichuan, China
Jizhong Mint (济众监), Xingzhou, modern-day Lüeyang, Shaanxi, China (1006-1128)
Qianzhou Mint (虔州钱监), modern-day Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China (circa 1170)
Shaoxing Mint (绍兴监), Lizhou, modern-day Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (1005-1128; 1145-?)
Tongbao Mint (通宝监), Yongzhou, modern-day Nanning, Guangxi, China (circa 1116)
Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an, Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)

Comments

These Yuanbaos said to be trial strikes (perhaps for iron coins) that were never actually put into production in favour of the Tongbaos.

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