Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Cash - Kangxi Tongbao, Jang / Zhang
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint / Board of Works Mint, Qing Dynasty |
|---|---|
| Year | 1680-1683 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Hartill#22.100, FD#2271, Schjoth#1442 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a single Manchu script character to the left of the central square perforation and one Chinese ideogram to the right, both cast in raised relief against a plain flat field. The Manchu reading 'Jang' and the Chinese character 漳 (Zhang) together identify the issuing authority as the Zhangzhou Mint in Fujian Province. The rim is plain and slightly raised, consistent with standard Qing cast coinage of the Kangxi period. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ᠵᠠᠩ 漳 (Translation: Jang / Zhang Zhangzhou) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The "Jang" (or "Zhang") mint mark identifies this cash as struck at one of the temporary provincial mints established during the Qing suppression of the Three Feudatories — the rebellion led by Wu Sangui and his allies that convulsed southern China from 1673 to 1681. The Board of Revenue and Board of Works each operated satellite facilities during this period to fund the enormous military expenditure of the campaign, and the Jang series falls squarely within those emergency production years.
The rebellion's defeat in 1681 rendered these mints redundant almost immediately. Most were closed within two years of pacification.