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| Emittent | Empire of China |
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| Jahr | 1889-1890 |
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| Material | Brass |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central square hole surrounded by four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in the traditional reading order: top, bottom, right, left. The characters 光 (Guang) appear at the top, 緒 (Xu) at the bottom, 通 (Tong) to the right, and 寶 (Bao) to the left, together forming the reign title and denomination legend 光緒通寶 (Guangxu Tongbao). The characters are boldly engraved with strong, well-defined strokes against a flat field. The coin retains a raised rim encircling the design, consistent with milled production. The surface exhibits characteristic toning with hues of brown and violet. |
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| Averslegende | 光 寶 通 緒 (Translation: Guang Xu Tong Bao Guangxu (Emperor) / Circulating currency) |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Boo-gi was the romanized designation for the Board of Revenue mint in Beijing, one of two central government mints operating under the Qing fiscal apparatus. By the late 1880s, machine-struck cash coins were being introduced partly in response to the catastrophic quality of hand-cast issues flooding circulation from provincial furnaces — counterfeiting and underweight casting had become systemic. The struck format was a direct intervention, intended to impose dimensional consistency that casting simply could not guarantee.
The 1889–1890 window was narrow. Machine coinage at Boo-gi was short-lived before production priorities shifted to the new silver and copper milled denominations then transforming Qing monetary policy.