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Estimated Value
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Name or Denominations
1 Cash
Issuer
Empire of China
Ruler
Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) ( 1162-1189 )
Year of Minting
7-16 (1180-1189)
Currency
Cash ( 621-1912 )
Shape
Round with a square hole
Rarity
Rare
Weight
3.93 g
Diameter
25 mm
Thickness
1.3 mm
Material
Bronze
Shape
Round with a square hole
Edge Type
Plain
Technique
Cast
Front design
Four Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Back design
One Chinese ideogram above and sometimes one below.
Year of Minting
7-16 (1180-1189)
Emperor
Southern Song dynasty › Xiaozong (宋孝宗) ( 1162-1189 )
Mint location
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)
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: 淳 寶 熙 元 Reverse: 十 六
Context
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.
Rarity
Rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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