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 - Qianlong Tongbao, Boo-fu
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Fuzhou (Boo-fu) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1740-1795 |
| 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#22.271, FD#2314, Schjoth#1469 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 乾 寶 通 隆 (Translation: Qian Long Tong Bao Qianlong (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Mongolian / Manchu |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Fuzhou Board of Revenue facility was one of the more remote outposts in the Qing minting network, and its output under Qianlong was perpetually complicated by chronic copper shortages that plagued southern provincial mints throughout the mid-18th century. Beijing repeatedly adjusted the alloy ratios permitted at provincial facilities during this period, eventually sanctioning the shift toward higher zinc content — which is precisely what defines Boo-fu brass cash from this reign versus earlier issues.
Hartill 22.271 is among the more numerous Qianlong provincial types, but mint-fresh examples with sharp calligraphy are genuinely scarce given the 55-year production window and near-universal circulation of these low-denomination pieces.