2 Cash - Chunxi Yuanbao; Regular script; with year

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (1162-1189)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	7-16 (1180-1189)
Calendar	Chinese - Chunxi era
Value	2 Cash
Currency	Cash (621-1912)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	6.89 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round with a square hole
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 46172
References	Hartill# 17.228 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. , FD# 1202 Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. , Schjoth# 731 Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

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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 sometimes one below.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
十
四

Translation:
Shi si
Year 14

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Guangji Mint (广积监), Shizhou, modern-day Yichang, Hubei, China (circa 1096)
	Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监), Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129)
	Yongping Mint (永平监), Raozhou, modern-day Boyang, Jiangxi, China (circa 977-1157)
	Yongtong Mint (永通监), Shaozhou, modern-day Shaoguan, Guangdong, China (1048-?; 1157-1185)

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.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
7 (1180)	Hartill#17.228: Year 柒 (Qi)	15%
8 (1181)	Hartill#17.229: Year 捌 (Ba)	30%
9 (1182)	Hartill#17.230: Year 九 (Jiu)	26%
10 (1183)	Hartill#17.231: Year 十 (Shi)	22%
11 (1184)	Hartill#17.232: Year 十一 (Shi Yi)	26%
12 (1185)	Hartill#17.233: Year 十二 (Shi Er)	37%
13 (1186)	Hartill#17.234: Year 十三 (Shi San)	30%
14 (1187)	Hartill#17.235: Year 十四 (Shi Si)	22%
15 (1188)	Hartill#17.236: Year 十五 (Shi Wu)	26%
16 (1189)	Hartill#17.237: Year 十六 (Shi Liu)	22%

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