Northern Sung [ ] coins price list

Price list from Catalog of Chinese Cash #89 by Joel Anderson (received 26 Jan 1996)
Northern Sung coinage summarized and HTML-compiled by Vladimir Belyaev

Nine emperors ruled during the dynasty. There were ... year-titles, for 30 of which coins were issued with the corresponding inscriptions. All coins were issued with legends written in the orthodox, seal, running hand, grass and "clerkly" style on the obverse. The reversies are clean. The metals used were copper and iron. The varieties were many.

Notes:
1. t.p. - tung pao; y.p. - yüan pao; c.p. - chung pao.
2. The top grade assigned to these coins is VF (details in all 4 characters are clear).
3. Literature referencies are from Chinese coinage literature list.
4. € - also known coins.
5. Images of coins are not from Joel Anderson Catalog.

EmperorLegend Date of legendStyle References, comments
OrthodoxSeal Running hand Grass Clerkly (official)
T'ai Tsu
960-976
Sung Yüan t.p.968-975 F 3.75
S451
T'ai Tsung
976-997
T'ai P'ing t.p.976-984 F 2.00
S460
Shun hua y.p.990-994
F 2.00
S464
Chi Tao y.p.995-997 VG 1.25
VG 1.25 VG 1.25
S465,467,468
Chên Tsung
998-1022
Hsien P'ing y.p.998-1004 F 1.50
G 10.00

S469
S469var. dot SE rev.
Ching Tê y.p.1004-1007 VF 2.50
S471
Hsiang Fu y.p.1008-1016 VG 1.25
S474
Hsiang Fu t.p. VG 1.25
VG 5.00

S476
S476var. 2 lines rev.
T'ien Hsi t.p.1017-1021 Hsi T'ien T'ung
Pao S479 - 4 styles on one coin
VG 1.25
S480
Jên Tsung
1023-1063
T'ien Shêng y.p.1023-1031 F 2.00 F 2.00
S486,S484
Ming Tao y.p.1032-1033 VG 4.00 F 5.00
S490,489
Ching Yu y.p.1034-1037 VG 2.00
S493,S494
Huang Sung t.p.1038-1039 VG-F 1.00 VG-F 1.00
S499,S500,S496-8
K'ang Ting y.p.1040

Ch'ing Li c.p.1041-1048

Huang Yu y.p.1049-1053

Chih Ho y.p.1054-1055 VG 2.00 VG 2.00
S511,S510
Chih Ho t.p.

Chih Ho c.p.

Chia Yu y.p.1056-1063 VG 1.50 VG 1.50
S515,S514
Chia Yu t.p. VG 1.50 VG 1.50
S517,S516
Ying Tsung
1064-1067
Chih P'ing y.p. 1064-1067 F 2.50 VG 1.50
S522,S523,S519
Chih P'ing t.p. VG 3.00
S523
Sêng Tsung
1068-1085
Hsi Ning y.p.1068-1077 VG 1.25
F 2.00

S527
S531,S529
Hsi Ning t.p. VG 4.00 VG 4.00
2 Cash S542,S538
Hsi Ning c.p.

Yüan Fêng t.p.1078-1085


F 1.50




VG 1.00
VG 3.00
VG 15.00
VG 15.00

S545,S547
2 Cash S552,S554,S556
2 S559 crescent rev.
2 S556 dot next to Yüan
Chê Tsung
1086-1100
Yüan Yu t.p.1086-1093
VG 1.00
F 4.00



VG 1.00

F 5.00
VG 20.00

S565,S567
S565var. dot top rev.
2 Cash S576
3 Cash iron S581
Shao Shêng y.p.1094-1097
VF 3.00
VG 5.00
VG 4.00
VF 45.00
F 35.00

VF 3.00




VG 1.50




S582,S591,S586
S584 dot rev.below
2 Cash S593
3 Cash iron S597
3 Cash iron S598
Shao Shêng t.p.

Yüan Fu y.p.1098-1100

Yüan Fu t.p.
VG 1.50
5.00

VG 5.00
F 2.00

3.00

S599,S602
S599 doubl.obv.char.
S602 line below hole
2 Cash S604
Hui Tsung
1101-1125
Shêng Sung y.p.1101 F 1.50
F 4.00
VG 2.50

S607,S609,S610
2 Cash S613
Ch'ung Ning t.p.1102-1106 VF 7.00
10 Cash, bit crusty S621
Ch'ung Ning c.p.
F 6.00
VG 5.00
5 Cash S622
10 Cash S623
Ta Kuan t.p.1107-1110 F 1.50
S628
Chêng Ho t.p.1111-1117 VG 1.50




VG 5.00

VG 1.50
VG 4.00
VG 4.00
VF 7.00
VG 8.00

F 35.00

S635,S634
S638 line below rev.
2 Cash S639
-"-
S639 line below rev.
2 Cash S640
2 Cash iron rusty S645
Chêng Ho c.p.

Chung Ho t.p.1118

Hsüan Ho y.p.1119-1125

Hsüan Ho t.p.




VG 7.00
VG 10.00
G 15.00
VG 3.00
F 6.00


VG 7.50





G 2.00
VF 6.00



S649
-"-
S653
-"-
S649 line above hole
2 S657,S659
S665 iron rusty
S666 iron rusty Shenshi
Ch'in Tsung
1126
Ching K'ang y.p.1126

Ching K'ang t.p.


Last Updated: 09 Feb 96

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