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1 Cash - Kangxi Tongbao, Su / Su
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint / Board of Works Mint, Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1668-1670 |
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| Reference(s) | Hartill#22.120, FD#2259, Schjoth#1430 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two mint identification characters flanking the central square perforation, rendered in raised relief against a flat field. To the left of the square hole appears the Manchu script character for 'Su' (ᠰᡠ), and to the right appears the corresponding Chinese character 蘇, both identifying the Suzhou Mint in Jiangsu province. The characters are cleanly cast in the standard Qing dynasty bilingual format, with plain inner and outer rims framing the design. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Manchu |
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The Su mint marks on this cash are unusual precisely because two separate mints — the Board of Revenue and Board of Works facilities both operating in Suzhou — used identical or near-identical marks during the Kangxi reign, creating attribution headaches that persist today. The 1668–1670 window is tight: both Suzhou mints were ordered closed by imperial decree in 1670 as part of a sweeping consolidation that shut down most provincial board mints, deeming the proliferation of local coinage wasteful and inconsistent.