Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) shun yu yuan pao coin, Emperor Li Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1241-1252
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, right, bottom, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: SHUN / YU / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original Coin of the Shun Yu period.)
- Reverse Image: Character for nine, ninth year of the period above the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: CHIU (Translation: ninth)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1241 - 1252
- Credit Line
- Stack Family
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 24.5 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
