2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao; Regular script; Song; with year; iron
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (1162-1189)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 7-11 (1180-1184) |
| Calendar | Chinese - Chunxi era |
| Value | 2 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Iron |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 218081 |
| References | Hartill# 17.266 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 Regular script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
淳
寶 熙
元
Translation:
Chun Xi Yuan Bao
Chunxi (3rd era of Xiaozong, 1174-1189) / Original currency
Reverse
One Chinese ideogram above and at least one below.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
松
九
Translation:
Song / Jiu
Susong (mint) / Year 9
Edge
Plain
Mint
| 松 | Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183) |
Comments
In 1180, numbers were added to the reverses to indicate the year of issue (which was said to reduce the amount of illegal casting). Presumably, coins without years were cast before the numbers were added.
See also
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; with crescent and dot; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Feng; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Feng; with crescent; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Li; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Qiong; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; with crescent and dot)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Feng; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Guang; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Li; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Qiong; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Quan; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Ye; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Yu; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Chun; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Chun; with crescent and dot; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Chun; with crescent; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Chun; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Chun; with crescent and dot; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Song; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Shu Song; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Shu Song; with crescent; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Shu Tong; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Shu Tong; with crescent; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Tong; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Seal script; Chun; with year; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Tong; with year; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; Chun; with year; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Clerical script; Chun; with year; iron)
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2 Cash - Chunxi (Yuanbao; Regular script; with year; iron)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 7 (1180) | Hartill#17.266: Year 柒 (Qi) | ||||||||||||||
| 8 (1181) | Hartill#17.267: Year 捌 (Ba) | ||||||||||||||
| 9 (1182) | Hartill#17.268: Year 九 (Jiu) | ||||||||||||||
| 10 (1183) | Hartill#17.269: Year 十 (Shi) | ||||||||||||||
| 11 (1184) | Hartill#17.270: Year 十一 (Shi Yi) | ||||||||||||||
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