Four Chinese characters (seal script) Yuan You Tong Bao / Blank. 25mm, 4.58 grams. Issued in 1086-1093 AD. Schjoth #566; Hartill 16.260. SKU X98-47082

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 issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder, as well as first discernment of true north using a compass.

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