Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
乾
寶 通
隆 (Translation: Qian Long Tong Bao Qianlong (Emporer) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole.
Reverse script
Mongolian / Manchu
Reverse lettering
ᠪᠣᠣ
ᠶᡡᠨ (Translation: Boo-yūn)
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Yunnan Mint, Baoshan Branch,modern-day Yunnan, China (1776-1801) Yunnan Mint, Dali Branch,modern-day Yunnan, China (1682-1801) Yunnan Mint, Guangxi-fu Branch,modern-day Luxi County, Yunnan, China (1736-1779) Yunnan Mint, Lin`an Branch,modern-day Jianshui County, Yunnan, China (1685-1861) Yunnan Mint, New Dongchuan Branch, modern-day District de Dongchuan, Yunnan, China(1753-1779) Yunnan Mint, Old Dongchuan Branch, modern-day District de Dongchuan, Yunnan, China(1724-1908) Yunnan Mint, Qujing Branch,China (1777-1861) Yunnan Mint, Shunning Branch,modern-day Fengqing County, Yunnan, China (1764-1770) Yunnan Mint, Yunnan-fu Branch,modern-day Kunming, Yunnan, China (1659-1911)
Mintage
ND
(1736-1740) - Hartill# 22.346: Bao with wedge-shaped top (Guangxi-fu) - ND
(1736-1779) - Hartill# 22.345: Bao with curved left foot; large radical large 阝in 隆 (Lin`an) - ND
(1736-1794) - Hartill# 22.337: Well made coin with large Manchu characters (Yunnan-fu) - ND
(1736-1796) - Hartill# 22.344: Y-shaped top of Yūn; radical 山 in 隆 (uncertain mint and date) - ND
(1741-1794) - Hartill# 22.338: V-shaped top of Yūn (Dongchuan Old mint) - ND
(1744-1770) - Hartill# 22.340: Y-shaped top of Yūn; Tong with small head (Dali) - ND
(1751-1779) - Hartill# 22.347: Bao with wedge-shaped top; poor workmanship (Guangxi-fu) - ND
(1753-1779) - Hartill# 22.339: Y-shaped top of Yūn; Tong with wide head (Dongchuan New mint) - ND
(1764-1770) - Hartill# 22.341: Y-shaped top of Yūn; Tong with square head (Shunning) - ND
(1776-1778) - Hartill# 22.342: Y-shaped top of Yūn; Bao with hook top (Baoshan) - ND
(1776-1780) - Hartill# 22.343: Y-shaped top of Yūn; Degenerate type (Dali) - ND
(1777-1779) - Hartill# 22.348: Very long top on Yūn (Qujing) -