Northern China Song Dynasty Genuine Ciruclated Bronze Coin

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Bronze coin, Northern Song China, approx. 24mm. Sold individually.

Genuine circulated coin from the Song Dynasty in Northern China, which was the ruling dynasty from 960-1279 A.D. It symbolized the first reunification of China after the fall of the earlier Tang Dynasty. Each coin is a unique piece of history. Made of cast bronze.



Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. Its founding marked the reunification of China for the first time since the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907. The intervening years, known as the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, were a time of division between north and south, and of rapidly changing administrations.

During the Song Dynasty, many groups threatened China's northern borders, namely by the Khitans of the Liao Dynasty, the Tanguts of the Western Xia Dynasty, and the Jurchens of the Jin dynasty. The Song dynasty itself can be divided into two distinct periods: the Northern Song and Southern Song. The Northern Song (Chinese: 北宋, 960-1127) signifies the time when the Song capital was in the northern city of Kaifeng and the dynasty controlled most of inner China. The Southern Song (Chinese: 南宋, 1127–1279) refers to the time after the Song lost control of northern China to the Jurchen Jin dynasty. The Song court retreated south of the Yangtze River and made their capital at Hangzhou.