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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-su
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Suzhou |
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| Year | 1887-1905 |
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| Weight | 3.47 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two Manchu script characters flanking the central square perforation, one to each side, reading vertically in the conventional manner of Qing cash coinage. The character to the right reads 'Boo' (ᠪᠣᠣ, treasury/board) and the character to the left reads 'Su' (ᠰᡠ, Suzhou), together forming the mint identifier 'Boo-su', denoting the Suzhou mint. The Manchu glyphs are cast in moderate relief with relatively simple strokes, surrounded by a raised square inner rim and a plain outer rim. The overall fabric is consistent with the utilitarian casting standards of late nineteenth-century Qing provincial minting practice. |
| Reverse script | Mongolian / Manchu |
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The Board of Revenue Mint at Suzhou was one of several provincial facilities producing cash coinage during the Guangxu reign, a period when the Qing monetary system was under sustained pressure from the influx of machine-struck copper and foreign silver. Hand-cast brass cash of this type circulated alongside mechanically produced coins in the final decades before the cash denomination was effectively abandoned. The Suzhou mint's output from this era is catalogued under the "Boo-su" mint mark, the Manchu rendering of the city's name that appears on pieces from this facility.