Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) huang sung yuan pao coin, Emperor Li Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1253 - 1258
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, right, bottom, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: HUANG / SUNG / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original coin of the Huang Sung period.)
- Reverse Image: Ssu character for fourth year of the period below the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: SSU (Transition: fourth)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1253 - 1258
- Credit Line
- Bequest of George B. Glover
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 24.5 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
