Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) ta sung yuan pao coin, Emperor Li Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1225 - 1228
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, right, bottom, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: TA / SUNG / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original coin of the Ta Sung period.)
- Reverse Image: San character for third year of the period below the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: SAN (Transition: third)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1225 - 1228
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
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