Six emperors ruled during the dynasty. There were ... year-titles, for 8 of which coins were issued with the corresponding inscriptions. All coins were issued with legends written in the orthodox style on the obverse except one coin in Tangut (Brahman) writing. The metals used were copper and iron.
1. t.p. - tung pao; y.p. - yüan pao; c.p. - chung pao.
2. The top grade assigned to these coins is VF (details in all 4 characters are clear).
3. Literature referencies are from Chinese coinage literature list.
4. • - also known coins.
|Emperor||Legend||Date of legend||Metal||References, comments|
|Tangut (Brahman) writing||[S]1077|
|T'ien Shou t.p.||1038-?||•||[CM]H1|
|Yüan Te t.p.||1120-1127||•||[CM]H2||Yüan Te c.p.||•||Ta Te t.p.||1135-1139||•||[CM]H3|
|T'ien Shêng y.p.||1149-1168||•||•||[S]1078||Ch'ien Yu y.p.||1169-1193||•||VG 40.00||[S]1079-80|
|T'ien Ch'ing y.p.||1194-1206||•||[CM]H7|
|Huang Chien y.p.||1206-1212||•||[S]1081|
|Kuang Ting y.p.||1212-1222||•||[S]1082|
Last Updated: 25 Feb 96