Chinese Cash Coin, 1038 - 1039, Renzong, Northern Sung Dynasty, Huang Sung(S500)
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China - 1 Cash Coin
Northern Song Dynasty
Jen-Tsung / Renzong Emperor
Huang Sung - Orthodox Script
Coins were not minted with dates, but this form was used between 1038 to 1039
Emperor Renzong of Song(Jen-tsung)(30 May 1010 – 30 April 1063) was the fourth emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, ruling from 1022 to 1063. Renzong was the son of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. Despite his long reign of over 40 years, Renzong is not widely known. His reign marked the high point of Song influences and powers but was also the beginning of its slow disintegration that would persist over the next century and a half.
The official policy of the Song Dynasty at the time was one of pacifism and this caused the weakening of the military.
When Renzong came into power, he issued decrees to strengthen the military and paid massive bribes to the Liao government in the hope that this would ensure the safety of Song China.
However these policies involved a heavy price. Taxes were increased severely and the peasants lived in a state of perpetual poverty. This eventually caused organized rebellions to take place throughout the country and the breakdown of the government.
Renzong died in 1063 without an heir.
The Song dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279. It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes or true paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder.
The Song Dynasty is divided into two distinct periods: the Northern Song and Southern Song. During the Northern Song(960–1127), the Song capital was in the northern city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng), and the dynasty controlled most of inner China. The Southern Song(1127–1279) refers to the period after the Song lost control of northern China to the Jin Dynasty in the Jin–Song wars.
The obverse incription reads "Huang-Sung YUAN-PAO" in orthodox script.
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