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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-gū
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Guizhou (Boo-gū) |
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| Year | 1896-1899 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse displaying the central square hole flanked on the left and right by two Manchu script characters in vertical orientation, identifying the issuing mint. The left character reads 'Boo' and the right 'gū,' together forming 'Boo-gū,' the Manchu transliteration of the Guizhou mint. The Manchu glyphs are rendered in raised relief against a plain, unadorned field, with no additional devices or border decoration, typical of Qing dynasty provincial cash coinage. |
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The Board of Revenue maintained mints across multiple provincial locations during the late Qing period, but Guizhou was among the most financially strained provinces in the empire — chronically short of copper and dependent on brass substitutes well before other mints made the switch. The Boo-gū issues of this period are consequently scarcer than their Board of Revenue siblings, reflecting both low production volumes and a provincial economy that had little surplus metal to spare.