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1 Cash - Daoguang Tongbao, Boo-kiyan, with dot
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing / Guizhou Mint |
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| Year | 1825-1850 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays two Manchu script characters cast in relief on either side of the central square hole, reading vertically in the traditional Manchu manner. The mint name Boo-kiyan (ᠪᠣᠣ ᡴᠶᠠᠨ) is split by the hole, with one word to the left and one to the right. A raised circular dot (circle) appears at one position around the hole as a mint-mark variant indicator, distinguishing this piece as Hartill 22.610. The field is plain and the outer rim is unadorned, consistent with standard Qing cast coinage practice. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᠪᠣᠣ ᡴᠶᠠᠨ᠋ (Translation: Boo-kiyan) |
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The Boo-kiyan mint — the Board of Revenue facility in Beijing — was among the most prolific of the Qing imperial mints, yet attributing specific cash coins to it versus provincial branches remains genuinely difficult. The dot variety catalogued by Hartill as 22.610 is a minor positional variant, likely reflecting a die substitution or repair rather than any policy decision, and it appears with enough consistency to suggest a discrete production run rather than a random aberration.
The Guizhou attribution in some references hints at the persistent problem of branch or emergency coining during the Daoguang period, when provincial fiscal strain was acute following the costs of suppressing the Yao and Miao uprisings in the south.