1 Cash - Chongzhen Tongbao; southern type; inscription repeated
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 |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 222791 |
| References | Hartill# 20.352 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 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
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
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Chaojing Mint, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1628-1644) | |
| Gongqing Mint, China (circa 1628-1644) | |
| Jiangning (Nanjing) Mint, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (circa 1361-1670) | |
| Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644) | |
| Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Nanjing, China (1361-1726) | |
| Ministry of Revenue Mint (戶部局), Nanjing, China (1599-1644) | |
| Tongguanshan Mint, modern-day District de Tongguanshan, Anhui, 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.
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 | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1630-1644) | |||||||||||||||
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