After the change of Jing Kang, as a descendant of the Zhao surname of the Song Dynasty, king Zhao of Kang established the era name "Jianyan" as the first era name of the Southern Song Dynasty, the so-called "Jian": establishment, the so-called "Yan": authority. Since the new emperor Gaozong, who had been appointed as the "Grand Marshal of The Terracotta Army", thought and aspired to establish his authority on a devastated and shattered land, it seemed to be full of ambition for revival. Only during the Jianyan years, Emperor Gaozong of Zhao was tired of running for his life and busy fleeing, and he also constantly deposed the ministers of the main war faction, blindly plotting to seek peace from the Jin Kingdom, and did not establish the authority to command the whole army to resist foreign invasions, leaving only the antics of "Mud Horse Dukang King".
Mud Horse Du Kang King
Jianyan money was first minted in the first year of Emperor Gaozong's Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 AD). Emperor Gaozong of Song reigned for 36 years, successively using the "Jianyan" era number for 4 years and the "Shaoxing" year number for 32 years, and minting jianyan and Shaoxing two kinds of year number money respectively. Jianyan as the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jianyan years in addition to casting Jianyan Tongbao, but also cast Jianyan Tongzhong and Jianyan Yuanbao, Jianyan Heavy Treasure for the seal book fold type three, rare in existence, the price has risen recently; and Jianyan Yuanbao is particularly rare, one of the fifty treasures of ancient money.
Through the comparison between Jingkang Yuanbao Xiaoping and Jianyan Yuanbao Xiaoping, its shape is the same as that of qianwen writing, and most people now believe that Jianyan Yuanbao is a trial minted sample of money in the first year of Jianyan.
Jianyan Yuanbao treasure money has always been found very rarely, such as the famous Qing Dynasty ancient spring scholar Liu Yanting in the "Jiayin Book Of Springs" even asserted: "Jianyan no yuanbao". Until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic of China, the Jianyan Yuanbao began to surface, when the Jianyan Yuanbao was divided into two fonts, Lishu and Seal, and the collectors Chen Haishu, Zhang Shutao, Fang Ruo, Luo Bozhao, and Shen Zicha in the Republic of China period all received the Jianyan Yuanbao.
Now, Jianyan Yuanbao has two kinds, Xiaoping and Fold two, inheriting the northern Song Dynasty's habit of minting money, and implementing a system of pairing up money with seals. At present, Jianyan Yuanbao Xiaoping has found many pieces, more Lishu than seal books, and only one kind of Lishu has been found in the fold two, which is very rare.
Jianyan Yuanbao Seal Book Xiaoping Luo Bozhao Old Collection, now in the National Museum of China
Jianyan Yuanbao Lishu Xiaoping Collection of Shanghai Museum
Jianyan Yuanbao Lishu Xiaoping Diameter 23.7 mm In 2006, guquan garden land was sold for 87150 yuan
Jianyan Yuanbao Lishu Xiaoping Diameter 23.8 mm In 2017, Huaxia Ancient Spring was sold for 183600 yuan
Jianyan Yuanbao Seal Book Xiaoping Diameter 23.6 mm In 2017, Huaxia Ancient Spring was sold for 261360 yuan
Jianyan Yuanbao Lishu Fold II Diameter 29 mm Picture from Guquan Garden
Although the difference between Southern Song Dynasty money and Northern Song Dynasty money is large, the minting and issuance of Jianyan Yuanbao can be said to be a major physical evidence of the inheritance of ancestors by Emperor Gaozong of Song, and it has left a wonderful association for later coin lovers to collect and study.
——Tianyutang Some pictures are from the Internet