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1 Cash - Qianlong Tongbao, Boo-gui
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Guizhou (Boo-gui) |
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| Year | 1743-1794 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central square perforation flanked on either side by a single Manchu script syllable, the two characters reading horizontally across the coin to form the mint name 'Boo-gui' (Guizhou). The Manchu glyphs are rendered in bold raised relief with characteristic cursive loops, positioned symmetrically to the left and right of the square hole within a plain, slightly recessed field bounded by a raised outer rim. The field above and below the hole is blank. |
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The Board of Revenue's provincial branch at Guizhou was among the least productive mints of the Qianlong reign, operating intermittently and in relatively small volumes compared to the major metropolitan facilities at Beijing. Guizhou's isolation in the mountainous southwest, chronic underfunding, and a local economy that ran heavily on barter and commodity exchange all suppressed demand for cast cash in the region.
Boo-gui pieces are consistently scarcer than their Hartill numbers suggest relative to other provincial issues of the same reign.