Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) ching ting yuan pao coin, Emperor Li Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1260 - 1264
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: CHING / TIN / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original coin of the Ching Ting period.)
- Reverse Image: Character for three, third year of the period above the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: SAN (Translation: third )
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1260 - 1264
- Credit Line
- Mendel Peterson
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 24 mm; 1/32 in x 15/16 in
- Object Name
- coin
