Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) shao hsi yuan pao coin, Emperor Kuang Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1190 - 1194
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, right, bottom, left :value two.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: SHAO / HSI / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original Coin of the Shao Hsi period.)
- Reverse Image: Han character above and Wu character below for fifth year of reign.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: HAN / WU (Translation: Han / Five
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1190 - 1194
- Credit Line
- Bequest of George B. Glover
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 25.3 mm; 1/32 in x in
- Object Name
- coin
