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A Yuanfeng Tongbao (元豐通寶) cash coin from the Northern Song dynasty with a "flower (or 'rosette') hole" in the middle.. Cash coins with flower (rosette) holes (traditional Chinese: 花穿錢; simplified Chinese: 花穿钱; pinyin: huā chuān qián) are a type of cash coin with an octagonal hole as opposed to a square one, they have a very long history possibly dating back to the first ...
The Kaiyuan Tongbao (traditional Chinese: 開元通寶; simplified Chinese: 开元通宝; pinyin: kāiyuán tōng bǎo; lit. 'Circulating treasure from the inauguration of a new epoch'), sometimes romanised as Kai Yuan Tong Bao or using the archaic Wade-Giles spelling K'ai Yuan T'ung Pao, [3] was a Tang dynasty cash coin that was produced from 621 under the reign of Emperor Gaozu and remained ...
The inscriptions of the cash coins located in the top layer were mostly Chongning Zhongbao (崇寧重寶) and were largely bigger coins, while the bottom layer consisted mostly of Yuanfeng Tongbao (元豐通寶) and Shaosheng Yuanbao (紹聖元寶) cash coins. Among the hoard was also a silver Shaosheng Yuanbao cash coin. [83]
The Northern Song dynasty saw the reunification of most parts of China proper and also of its currency.The Northern Song dynasty saw the widespread usage of "matched cash coins" which used different types of Chinese calligraphy for the same inscriptions and the reintroduction of cash coins of different denominations. [3]
Under China's Tang dynasty, coins were inscribed Kaiyuan tongbao (開 元 通寶, "Circulating Treasure of the Beginning of an Era"), [5] [6] later abbreviated to yuanbao. The name was also applied to other non-coin forms of currency.
Huangsong Tongbao (Chinese: 皇宋通寶; pinyin: huáng sòng tōng bǎo) (1039–1054) use seal and regular script, and have many variations. [29] They are made of iron and have two forms with either small or large characters. [ 29 ]
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Yuanfeng was a Chinese era name used by several emperors of China. It may refer to: Yuanfeng (元封, 110BC–105BC), an era name used by Emperor Wu of Han; Yuanfeng (元鳳, 80BC–75BC), an era name used by Emperor Zhao of Han; Yuanfeng (元豐, 1078–1085), an era name used by Emperor Shenzong of Song