Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) hsien shun yuan pao coin, Emperor Tu Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1265 - 1275
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: HSIEN / SHUN / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original Coin of the Hsien Shun period.)
- Reverse Image: Wu character for fifth year of the period below the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: WU (Transition: fifth)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1265 - 1275
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
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