Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) k'ai hsi t'ung pao coin, Emperor Ning Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1201 - 1205
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, right, bottom, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: K'AI / HSI / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: Currency of the K'ai Hsi period.)
- Reverse Image: Character for three, third year of the reign, below.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: SAN (Translation: third)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1201 - 1205
- Credit Line
- Mendel Peterson
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 29.5 mm; 1/32 in x 1 5/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
