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1 Cash - Jianyan Tongbao; Regular script

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Southern Song dynasty › Gaozong (宋高宗) (1127-1162)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1127-1130
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.33 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
216452
References Hartill# 17.20
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.
, FD# 1142
Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Regular script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 建
寶 通
 炎

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

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Plain

Mints

Fumin Mint (阜民监), Huizhou, Guangdong, China (1067)
Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army (广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149)
Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监), Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129)
Qianzhou Mint (虔州钱监), modern-day Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China (circa 1170)
Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214)
Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou, modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?)
Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183)
Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136)

Comments

The type with elegant character is identical to those with a Chuan mintmark.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1127-1130)  Hartill#17.20: Large size (around 23 mm) 67%
ND (1127-1130)  Hartill#17.21: Small size (around 22 mm); Jian with distinct left dot 17%
ND (1129-1130)  Hartill#17.22: Small size (around 22 mm); elegant characters (Old Yidu Mint) 17%

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