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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-u, struck
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), reading clockwise from top: 光 (Guang), 通 (Tong), 緒 (Xu), 寶 (Bao), forming the reign title legend 光緒通寶 (Guangxu Tongbao, meaning 'Guangxu Circulating Currency'). The characters are arranged in the four cardinal positions relative to the central perforation, with clean raised strokes set within a broad, flat field. The coin is bounded by a raised inner rim encircling the square hole and a raised outer rim defining the coin's edge. |
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| Reverse script | Mongolian / Manchu |
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The Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing was among the first Qing facilities to adopt Western-style steam presses for cash coinage, a shift driven largely by foreign pressure and the chronic inability of traditional cast methods to meet demand after the Taiping devastation. Hartill 22.1355 places this issue within that early mechanized output, where the transition from sand-cast to struck production was administratively contentious — conservative officials repeatedly petitioned against the new machinery as incompatible with established monetary custom.
The "Boo-u" romanization reflects the Beijing Board of Revenue mint mark, distinguishing it from the Board of Works facility operating just across the city.