1 Cash - Jianyan Yuanbao; Seal 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 | 3.50 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 216445 |
| References | Hartill# 17.1 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. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Seal script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, seal script)
Lettering:
建
寶 炎
元
Lettering (regular font):
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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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1127) | |||||||||||||||
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