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 - Shunzhi Tongbao, Chinese reverse with Yi Li, Gong
| Issuer | Board of Works Mint (工部局), Qing Dynasty |
|---|---|
| Year | 1653-1657 |
| 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#22.53, FD#2217, Schjoth#1391 |
| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin bearing four Chinese ideograms in regular script (kaishu), arranged in the traditional cruciform reading order: top to bottom, right to left around a central square perforation. The legend 順治通寶 (Shunzhi Tongbao) reads top, bottom, right, left respectively, designating the reign title of the Shunzhi Emperor and proclaiming it universal currency. The characters are boldly rendered in raised relief against a flat field, framed by a plain raised rim and the squared inner rim surrounding the central hole. The casting is typical of early Qing Board of Works production, with strong, well-defined strokes characteristic of the official kai shu calligraphic style. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 順 寳 通 治 (Translation: Shun Zhi Tong Bao Shunzhi (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1653-1657) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |