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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-he
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Henan |
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| Year | 1898-1905 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays two Manchu script characters arranged vertically on either side of the central square hole, reading 'Boo-he' (ᠪᠣᠣ ᡥᠣ᠋), the Manchu rendering of the mint name for Henan province. The characters are cast in the standard Manchu script style employed on Qing dynasty cash coins, with one syllable placed to the right of the hole and one to the left. The field is otherwise plain, bounded by a raised outer rim. This mint identification follows the standard convention for Qing cash coinage reverse legends. |
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The Board of Revenue Mint at Henan — designated "Boo-he" in romanized form from the Manchu script on the reverse — was one of the provincial mints operating under the Qing fiscal apparatus during a period when the dynasty was hemorrhaging both silver and political authority. By the late 1890s, cash coin production across provincial mints had become increasingly inconsistent, with brass substituting for the traditional bronze alloy as copper supplies tightened and central oversight weakened following the disasters of 1894–95.
Hartill 22.1342 is among the scarcer Henan provincial attributions within the late Guangxu series.