Item number: A3440

Year: AD 1912-1949

Material: Iron

Size: 36.6 x 36.6 mm

Weight: 16.5 g

Provenance:

1. Spink 2023

2. Dr. W.K. Burger Collection

This is a Republican-era (Republic of China) charm coin cast in imitation of the Southern Song Emperor Ningzong’s fourth reign title, featuring the inscription Jiading Fengbao (嘉定封寶), and made of iron.

The coin is in the typical Chinese square-holed style. On the obverse, the four characters Jiading Fengbao (嘉定封寶) are inscribed in regular script, arranged in the order top, bottom, right, and left. The reverse side bears the characters Quan (權) and Wu (伍) at the top and bottom, indicating the issuing authority and the denomination.

During the Southern Song period under Emperor Ningzong, Jiading Fengbao coins were primarily cast in the Sichuan region. Well-preserved examples are extremely rare, making them a highly prised category among Southern Song iron coins.

物件編號: A3440

年代: 公元 1912-1949 年

材質: 鐵

尺寸: 36.6 x 36.6 mm

重量: 16.5 g

來源:

1. 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

2. 布威納博士舊藏

這是一枚民國時期，仿效南宋的宋寧宗第四個年號所鑄造的鐵質「嘉定封寶」花錢。

錢幣形制為中國典型的方孔錢。錢幣正面按照上、下、右、左順序，依序鐫刻漢字楷書書法「嘉定封寶」四字。錢幣背面的上、下兩側則是鐫刻「權伍」二字，標示鑄造的單位和年份。

南宋寧宗年間，嘉定封寶主要的鑄造地在四川一帶，其完整的品項十分罕見，為南宋鐵錢的珍稀類別。