1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-yūn, with crescent and circle

€226,350.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1854-1861
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionBrass
Weight
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#22.988
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering 咸 寶 通  豐
(Translation: Xian Feng Tong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Universal currency)
Reverse descriptionTwo Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with circle above and crescent below.
Reverse scriptMongolian / Manchu
Reverse letteringᠪᠣᠣ ᠶᡡᠨ
(Translation: Boo-yūn)
EdgeSmooth.
MintYunnan Mint, Lin`an Branch,modern-day Jianshui County, Yunnan, China (1685-1861)
Yunnan Mint, Ningtai Factory
Branch, Yongping, modern-day Yongping County, Yunnan, China(1853-1861)
Yunnan Mint, Old Dongchuan
Branch, modern-day District de Dongchuan, Yunnan, China(1724-1908)
Yunnan Mint, Qujing Branch,China (1777-1861)
Yunnan Mint, Yunnan-fu Branch,modern-day Kunming, Yunnan, China (1659-1911)
MintageND (1854-1861)  - -
Catalog ID2287558480
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