Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) chia yu t'ung pao coin, Emperor Jen Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1056 - 1064
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, right, bottom, left; water chestnut-formed hole.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: CHIA / YU / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: Original coin of the Chih Ho period.)
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: N/A
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1056 - 1064
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.5 mm x 3.748 mm; 31/32 in x 5/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
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