Huang-Sung T'ung Pao, China, 1038 - 1039
Huang-Sung T'ung Pao, China, 1038 - 1039
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) huang sung t'ung pao coin, Emperor Jen Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1038 - 1039
- Obverse Image: Seal script read top, bottom, right, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: HUANG / SUNG / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: The Imperial Coinage of Sung.)
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: N/A
- General Information: The new year title was Pao Yuan but a repetition in the cash legend of the character Pao was bad form, thus Huang Sung T'ung Pao was chosen for the coinage.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1038 - 1039
- place made
- China
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 24.5 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
- ID Number
- NU.32055.263
- catalog number
- 32055.263
- accession number
- 32055
- Credit Line
- Bequest of George B. Glover
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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