Catalog
1 Cash - Guangxu Boo-chiowan - replica Hartill# 22.1393-96, 16.8 mm
| Location | People`s Republic of China |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | Round brass cash coin with a central square hole, bearing four Chinese characters in raised relief arranged around the hole in the traditional top-bottom-right-left reading order: 光緒 (Guangxu, reign title of the 11th Qing emperor, 1875–1908) read top to bottom, and 通寶 (Tong Bao, meaning 'current coin') read right to left. The field is dotted with a ring of small raised dots between the legend and the outer rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 光緒通寶 |
| Reverse description | Round brass cash coin with a central square hole, bearing the mint name in Manchu script in raised relief on either side of the hole: Boo-chiowan (寶泉, Board of Revenue mint, Beijing), with one syllable to the left and one to the right of the square aperture. The field is otherwise plain. |
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