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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-jiyen, with crescent
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint (Baojin Mint), Tianjin, Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1896-1900 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Reverse description | Central square perforation flanked by two Manchu script characters reading 'Boo-jiyen' (寶津), identifying the Baojin Mint at Tianjin, rendered in raised relief to the left and right of the square hole. A crescent-shaped mark appears above the square hole in the upper field, serving as a mint or batch control symbol distinguishing this variety from related issues. The reverse field is otherwise plain, bounded by a raised outer rim. The sparse, functional design is characteristic of late Qing milled cash coinage produced at the Tianjin mint facilities. |
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| Mintage | ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1446: Crescent above (facing up) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1447: Crescent below (facing up) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1448: Crescent above (facing down) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1449: Crescent above (slanting) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1450: Crescent above (facing left) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1451: Crescent above (facing right) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1452: Crescent at upper left (facing left) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1453: Crescent at upper right (facing left) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1454: Crescent below (facing right) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1455: Crescent at upper left (like apostrophe) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1456: Crescent above (like apostrophe) - ND (1896-1900) - Hartill#22.1457: Crescent at upper right (like apostrophe) - |
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The Baojin Mint in Tianjin was one of the few Qing facilities still striking traditional cast cash in brass during the late 1890s, even as the dynasty was simultaneously adopting Western-style machine minting under pressure from foreign creditors and reformist officials. The crescent privy mark distinguishes this variety within the Boo-jiyen series — Hartill documents it separately because such marks were used to identify individual furnaces or production batches, a quality-control practice inherited from much earlier Ming and Qing casting traditions.
The timing matters: this piece was struck in the years bracketing the Boxer Uprising and the catastrophic indemnity that followed.