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1 Cash - Shunzhi Tongbao, Manchu reverse, Boo-yuwan
| Issuer | Board of Works Mint (工部局) |
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| Year | 1657-1661 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse lettering | 順 寶 通 治 (Translation: Shun Zhi Tong Bao Shunzhi (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1657-1661) |
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The Manchu-reverse cash series was introduced in 1653 as part of a broader Qing administrative effort to distinguish imperial coinage from the flood of Ming and rebel-issue cash still circulating across a not-yet-fully-pacified China. Each metropolitan mint received a unique Manchu mint designation — Boo-yuwan identifying the Board of Works facility in Beijing. The experiment was short-lived; by 1661 the Manchu reverses were abandoned in favor of a consolidated single-character system, giving this type a production window of roughly eight years across all issuing mints.
The Board of Works pieces tend to run slightly heavier than their Board of Revenue counterparts from the same period.