Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) huang sung t'ung pao coin, Emperor Jen Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1038 - 1040
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: HUANG / SUNG / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: The Imperial Coinage of Sung.)
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: N/A
- General Information: The new year title was Pao Yuan but a repetition in the cash legend of the character Pao was bad form, thus Huang Sung T'ung Pao was chosen for the coinage.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1038 - 1040
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
