Hsi Ning Yuan Pao, China, 1068-1085
date: label: date made
content: 1068 - 1085
label: period of administration
content: 1078 - 1085
name: label: head of government
content: Seng Tsung Emperor of China
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) hsi ning yuan pao coin, Emperor Shen Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
label: Description (Brief)
content: China, 1068 - 1085
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: Romanization: HUANG / SUNG / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: The Imperial Coinage of Sung.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
label: associated place
content: China
topic: label: related event
content: Reign of the Northern Sung Dynasty
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: East Asian Coins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.305
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.305
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 mm x 25 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in