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2 Cash - Xuanhe Tongbao; Slender Gold script; iron

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Northern Song dynasty › Huizong (宋徽宗) (1100-1125)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1119-1125
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#
236368
References Hartill# 16.503
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (Slender Gold script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, slender gold script)

Lettering:
 宣
寶 通
 和

Translation:
Xuan He Tong Bao
Xuanhe (6th era of Huizong, 1119-1125) / Universal currency

Designer: Song Huizong (宋徽宗)

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)
Shanzhou Inspectorate Mint (陕州监), Shaanzhou, modern-day Shaan County, Henan, China
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)
Xining Mint (熙宁监), Hengzhou, modern-day Hengyang, Hunan, China (1068)
Yazhou, modern-day Ya'an, Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)

Comments

The Slender Gold script was the personal calligraphy style of the Emperor.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1119-1125) 

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