Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-ging
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing |
|---|---|
| Year | 1895-1899 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central square hole flanked by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion within a plain inner rim. The four-character reign legend 光緒通寶 (Guangxu Tongbao, meaning 'Guangxu Current Treasure') is read top-to-bottom and right-to-left in standard kaishu (regular script). The characters are rendered in a bold, deeply cast style typical of late Qing dynasty cash coinage. The field surrounding the inscription is flat and unadorned, enclosed by a raised outer rim. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 光緒通寶 |
| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked on the left and right by two Manchu script characters reading 'Boo Ging' (ᠪᠣᠣ ᡬᡳᠩ), identifying the Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing. The Manchu inscription is cast in moderate relief within a plain field bounded by a raised outer rim. The upper and lower areas of the reverse are left blank, as is conventional for Qing cash coinage of this type. The casting quality is consistent with late nineteenth-century Board of Revenue issues. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |