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-gū
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Guizhou (Boo-gū) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1896-1899 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Cast |
| 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 | Cast brass cash coin featuring a central square hole flanked by four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in cruciform fashion around the perforation. The reign title reads clockwise from the top: 光 (Guāng) at top, 緒 (Xù) at right, 通 (Tōng) at bottom, and 寶 (Bǎo) at left, together forming the legend 'Guāngxù Tōngbǎo' — 'Circulating Currency of the Guangxu Emperor.' The characters are bold and raised in relief against a flat field, with no rim beading, consistent with standard late Qing cast coinage. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| 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 | ND (1896-1899) - Hartill#22.1425: Tong with one dot; larger size (around 23 mm) - ND (1896-1899) - Hartill#22.1426: Tong with one dot; smaller size (around 21 mm) - ND (1896-1899) - Hartill#22.1427-1428: Tong with two dots (minor varieties) - |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |