Song Dynasty Coinage
The Song dynasty#Southern Song, 1127–1279, Southern Song dynasty was an era of the Song dynasty after Kaifeng was captured by the Jurchen people, Jurchen-led Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin dynasty in 1127. The government of the Song was forced to establish a new capital city at Lin'an (present day Hangzhou) which wasn't near any sources of copper so the quality of the Cash (Chinese coin), cash coins produced under the Southern Song significantly deteriorated compared to the cast copper-alloy cash coins of the Song dynasty#Northern Song, 960–1127, Northern Song dynasty. The Southern Song government preferred to invest in their defenses (as its incapable military easily fell to the Jin dynasty) while trying to remain passive towards the Jin dynasty establishing a long peace until the Mongols eventually annexed the Jin before marching down to the Song establishing the Yuan dynasty. Coins from the Song dynasty have appeared in variants written in either standard (top-bottom-righ ...
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