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| Location | Empire of China |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Round brass piece with a central square hole, surrounded by four Chinese characters in raised relief arranged in a cruciform pattern around the aperture: 同 (top), 治 (bottom), 通 (right), and 寶 (left), reading 同治通寶. The characters are rendered in regular script within a plain raised rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 同 寶 通 治 (Translation: Tong Zhi Tong Bao Tongzhi (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
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| Reverse lettering | ᠪᠣᠣ ᡶᡠ (Translation: Boo-fu) |
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