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1 Cash - Shunzhi Tongbao, Manchu and Chinese reverse, San / Shaan
| Issuer | Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1660-1661 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse featuring a central square perforation flanked by mint identification characters. To the left of the square hole, the Manchu script character ᠰᠠᠨ (San) is rendered in the standard Manchu vertical script, while to the right appears the Chinese character 陝 (Shaan), identifying the issuing mint as the Shaanxi provincial mint at Xi'an. Both inscriptions are positioned horizontally across the field on either side of the central aperture, conforming to the standard Shunzhi-era type IV reverse layout. The plain field is bounded by a raised inner square rim and an outer circular rim. |
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| Mint | Shaanxi Mint, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
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The San/Shaan reverse inscription on this cash identifies it as a product of the Shaanxi provincial mint, one of several regional facilities brought online as the early Qing administration pushed to consolidate control over former Ming territories in the northwest. The bilingual Manchu-Chinese reverse format was mandated by the Board of Revenue in 1657 as a deliberate assertion of Manchu administrative authority over the monetary system — a policy that displaced the purely Chinese-character reverses that had been standard under the Ming.
Shaanxi mintages from this window are notably inconsistent in fabric, a consequence of ongoing supply disruptions along metal transport routes still contested in the late Shunzhi period.