1 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao; northern type
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Ming dynasty › Chongzhen (崇祯帝) (1627-1644)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1630-1644 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 4.05 g |
| Diameter | 24.8 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 222737 |
| References | Hartill# 20.248, 20.292 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
崇
寶 通
禎
Translation:
Chong Zhen Tong Bao
Chongzhen (Emperor) / Universal currency
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Chaojing Mint, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1628-1644) | |
| Chongqing-fu Mint, modern-day Chongqing, China (circa 1628-1644) | |
| Guangdong Provincial Mint, China | |
| Guizhou Provincial Mint, China | |
| Jiazhou Mint, modern-day Leshan, Sichuan, China (circa 1628-1644) | |
| Luzhou Mint, Sichuan, China (circa 1628-1644) | |
| Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Beijing, China (1361-1726) | |
| Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Beijing, China (1622-1727) | |
| Miyun Garison Mint, modern-day Miyun District, Beijing, China (1625-1648) | |
| New Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Beijing, China (1630-1645) | |
| Taiping Mint, Gansu, China | |
| Xuanfu Garrison Mint, modern-day District de Xuanhua, Hebei, China (circa 1625-1644) | |
| Yansui (Yulin) Garison Mint, Yulin, Shaanxi, China (circa 1628-1648) | |
| Yingtian Mint, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1628-1644) |
Comments
Hartill suggests the larger, heavier coins (around 26 millimetres and weighing 1.3 Qian) were the first 1 Cash pieces produced. By 1630, coins minted in the north weighted 1.0 Qian and coins minted in the south weighed 8 Fen or less.
The Northern types and the Southern types are differenciated by the left part of Zhen.
- Northern types: 礻
- Southern types: 示
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1630-1644) | 
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20.248: Tong with one dot | 69% | ||||||||||||
| ND (1630-1644) |
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20.292: Tong with two dots | 42% | ||||||||||||
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