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1 Cash - Shunzhi Tongbao, Chinese reverse with Yi Li, He
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint / Board of Works Mint, Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1653-1657 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Between 1653 and 1657, the Shunzhi Emperor's government experimented with a short-lived coinage reform that placed Chinese characters on the reverse of cash coins — a deliberate departure from the purely Manchu-script reverses introduced at the dynasty's founding. The "Yi Li" inscription denoted a weight standard of one li, an attempt to anchor public trust in the new currency during a period when the Qing were still consolidating control over a largely hostile Han population. The experiment was abandoned by 1657 in favor of a bilingual format.