Western Hsia [ ] coins price list

Six emperors ruled during the dynasty. There were ... year-titles, for 8 of which coins were issued with the corresponding inscriptions. All coins were issued with legends written in the orthodox style on the obverse except one coin in Tangut (Brahman) writing. The metals used were copper and iron.

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.

Emperor	Legend	Date of legend	Metal		References, comments
			Copper	Iron
			Tangut (Brahman) writing		[S]1077
Ching Tsung 1032-1049	T'ien Shou t.p.	1038-?	•		[CM]H1
Chung Tsung 1087-1139	Yüan Te t.p.	1120-1127	•		[CM]H2
	Yüan Te c.p.		•
	Ta Te t.p.	1135-1139	•		[CM]H3
Jên Tsung 1140-1193	T'ien Shêng y.p.	1149-1168	•	•	[S]1078
	Ch'ien Yu y.p.	1169-1193	•	VG 40.00	[S]1079-80
Huan Tsung 1194-1206	T'ien Ch'ing y.p.	1194-1206	•		[CM]H7
Hsiang Tsung 1206-1212	Huang Chien y.p.	1206-1212	•		[S]1081
Shên Tsung 1212-1222	Kuang Ting y.p.	1212-1222	•		[S]1082

Last Updated: 25 Feb 96

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