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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-chiowan
| Issuer | Ministry of Revenue Mint, Beijing |
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| Year | 1887-1908 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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| Mintage | ND (1887-1898) - Hartill#22.1275: Large type; Tong with closed head and two dots (East branch) - ND (1887-1898) - Hartill#22.1276: Large type; Tong with open head (South branch) - ND (1887-1898) - Hartill#22.1277: Large type; Tong with closed head and one dot (West branch) - ND (1887-1898) - Hartill#22.1278: Large type; Tong with closed head; protruding top Boo (North branch) - ND (1900-1908) - Hartill#22.1279: Small type; round top Boo (West branch) - ND (1900-1908) - Hartill#22.1280: Small type; protruding top Boo (North branch) - |
| Additional information |
The Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing — known in Manchu transliteration as Boo-chiowan — was one of two imperial mints operating within the capital during the Guangxu reign, the other being the Board of Works Mint. Both produced cash coins under near-identical specifications, distinguished primarily by their mint marks. By the late Qing, these mints were fighting a losing battle against the flood of machine-struck coins entering circulation from the new provincial mints at Guangzhou and Tianjin, rendering traditional cast cash increasingly marginal even before the series officially ended.