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V.Belyaev charm@postman.ru 01-Oct-02 |
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Pic.1 Copper Chunyou tongbao 100 cash (seal script) Weight 11.69 g Diameter 33.5 mm | |
Chun You Tong Bao (top-bottom-right-left), written by seal style of script - Current coin of the Chunyou period [Southern Song dynasty, 1241-1252 AD]
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Chunyou tongbao 100 cash coin (pic.2, Schjoth #1023, Ding #1548, Jen #372) is one of scarce Southern Song dynasty coins (recently, for example, it was sold at the eBay.com on-line auction at US$99). At the same time coin with seal inscription shown on the Pic.1 is not published in any Chinese catalogs. Pics.4, 5 are rubbings of two iron coins from the famouse Japanese catalog Shintei Showa Senpu by Hirao Shusen (A Numismatic Record of Old coins Newly Edited in Showa Era, 1931-1940, Tokyo, 1660 pp., , in Japanese, reprinted in 1964). Copper coin was unpublished anywhere before. I am thankful to Gilbert Tan <chinese_cash@yahoo.com> (Singapore) for scans from the Showa Senpu and to Ujdtym (USA) for permission of image Pic.2 usage. | |
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Pic.2 Copper Chunyou tongbao 100 cash W = 26.4 g D = 52.5 mm eBay.com auction #138061116 |
Pic.3 Iron Chunyou tongbao 100 cash Showa Senpu |
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Pic.4 Iron Chunyou tongbao 100 cash D = 32 mm Showa Senpu |
Pic.5 Iron Chunyou tongbao 100 cash D = 33.5 mm Showa Senpu |
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Dang Bai - equal to 100 [cash] (seal script)