Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) chih tao yuan pao coin, Emperor T'ai Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 976 - 997
- Obverse Image: Grass script read top, right, left, bottom
- Obverse Text: Romanization: CHIH / TAO / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original Currency of the Chih Tao period.)
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: N/A
- General Information: Written in the orthodox, running hand, or the grass characters.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 976 - 997
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 25 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
