政和通宝圆穿花钱，背太平小打，宋朝（公元960–1279），22.3*1.4mm，重4.5g，中乾65，标籤元朝。此钱极罕，迄今仅见三枚，包括布氏这枚。儘管实际用途不明，但为中国钱币之珍罕品种。清代钱币学家李佐贤著有《古泉汇》一书，同治三年（公元1864）出版。该书之贞集卷二刊载此钱拓片一枚，面文“政和通宝”，背文“太平小打”。同页另有“太平小打”背“王”钱一枚。见上图。此为其一。民国时期，上海钱币大收藏家张叔驯亦藏有一枚，为其心爱之物。张1938年移居国外，1946年专程返沪，精选藏品约二千枚携往美国，太平小打即为其一。张去世后，该钱由其遗孀徐懋倩女士于1950年售予大古董商戴福保，戴之后将其转售美国著名收藏家亚瑟 · 萨克勒（Arthur Sackler），但这批一直由纽约戴福保基金会（J. T. Tai & Company Foundation, Inc.）保管至2015年12月，现由亚瑟 · 萨克勒的女儿伊莉莎白·萨克勒（Elizabeth Sackler）持有并收藏。有关详情，参见周边“张叔驯携美古钱的经历与归宿”一文，发表于《东亚泉志》二零二二年第三期台湾特别版第29-34页，这枚太平小打的彩色照片收录其中。
China: Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE), coin-shaped charm with circular hole, obverse inscribed Zheng he tong bao (政和通寶), reverse inscribed Tai ping xiao da (太平小打), 22.3*1.4mm, 4.5g, Zhong Qian 65, labelled as Yuan Dynasty. Note: This charm is extremely rare, with only three known specimens so far, including this one. While its exact use or function remains unknown, this charm is one of the most noted in Chinese coinage. It is first recorded and published in Gu quan hui (古泉匯) authored by Li Zuoxian (李佐賢) and first published in the third year of Tong Zhi Reign (1864 CE). In Volume II of Book Zhen (貞), Li includes the rubbing of the same type inscribed Zheng he tong bao on the obverse and Tai ping xiao da on the reverse. The same page includes a variation inscribed Tai ping xiao da on the obverse and Wang (王) on the reverse. See Figure blow. The next known specimen of the same charm was in the collection of Zhang Shuxun, the biggest collector of Chinese coins in Shanghai during the Republican Period. Zhang left Shanghai for the United States in 1948 and took his favouriate coins with him, including Tai ping xiao da. After his death, his wife sold the coins in 1950 to J.T. Tai, who sold them on to Arthur Sackler. The pieces remained in the custody of J. T. Tai & Company Foundation, Inc. until 2015 when Arthur Sackler’s daughter, Elizabeth Sackler took claim. These coins, including the Tai ping xiao da, are now in her collection. See article written by Zhou Bian entitled “The Whereabouts of the coins in the collection of Zhang Shuxun, pp 29-34, in The Journal of East Asian Numismatics, Special Taiwan Edition, Volume 3, 2022.
