CHINA SHAO XI YUAN BAO iron 2 cash year 5 (1194 AD) Tongan mint
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CHINA, SOUTHERN SONG Dynasty, 1127-1280 AD, 2 cash, year 5 (1194 AD), Tongan mint, Anhui, Obverse: SHAO XI YUAN BAO, orthodox script, Reverse: TONG WU (#5) top-bottom, iron, 29mm, 6.81g, H17.357, aVF/F
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Shao Xi was the year title of Song Guangzong, the third Southern Song Emperor. It was said that he was ill and was unable to rule competently.
Pressure from Turks, Tungus, and other peoples to the North grew until the Song felt obliged to retreat to the south. The Song paid tribute to the northern invaders, and continued their traditions in reduced circumstances until the coming of the Mongols.
The oldest Chinese coins are at least as old as the earliest Greek coins. The Chinese coinage system differed from other systems in two ways. It was monometallic, only bronze coins circulated in general commerce. Gold and silver were treated as commodities. And the manufacturing method was by casting in moulds rather than by striking heated solid planchets. The main reference I use in attributing and describing these coins is the book: Chinese Cast Coins, by David Hartill.
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