1 Cash - Zhidao Yuanbao; Grass script

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Northern Song dynasty › Taizong (宋太宗) (976-997)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	995-997
Value	1 Cash
Currency	Cash (621-1912)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	4.02 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round with a square hole
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 30127
References	Hartill# 16.41 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. , FD# 874 Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. , Schjoth# 468 Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Grass script).

Script: Chinese (traditional, grass script)

Lettering:
　至
寶　道
　元

Translation:
Zhi Dao Yuan Bao
Zhidao (5th era of Taizong, 995-997) / Original currency

Designer: Zhao Jiong (Taizong) (宋太宗)

Reverse

Blank (uniface).

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179)
	Taiyuan-fu, modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (979-1039)
	Yongfeng Mint (永丰监), Chizhou, modern-day Guichi District, Anhui, China (996)
	Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)

Comments

During this era, the inscriptions were written by Emperor Taizong himself, who was a noted scholar and calligrapher.

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Date	VF		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (995-997)	$ 1.60	Hartill#16.41: Large size	88%
ND (995-997)		Hartill#16.42: Small size	12%

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