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1 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Boo-yuwan
| Issuer | Board of Works Mint (工部局), Beijing |
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| Year | 1887-1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Traditional, regular script / Kaishu) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays two Manchu script characters cast in relief, flanking the central square perforation and reading vertically: ᠪᠣᠣ (Boo) to the right of the hole and ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ (Yuwan) to the left, together forming the mint name Boo-yuwan, identifying the Board of Works Mint in Beijing. The Manchu glyphs are rendered in a bold, formal style with a flat field and a broad rim consistent with the obverse. Minor stylistic varieties exist in the form of the characters across different branch furnaces of the mint. |
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The Board of Works Mint in Beijing was a secondary imperial facility, subordinate in prestige to the Board of Revenue Mint operating just across the capital. By the 1880s, both were under mounting pressure as provincial governors began establishing modern steam-powered mints — Guangdong led in 1889 — rendering the old cast-cash technology increasingly obsolete. This piece belongs to the last sustained period of traditional cast coinage before machine-struck copper cents effectively ended the format empire-wide within a decade.