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1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-chiowan, iron, Regular script
| Issuer | Ministry of Revenue (Board of Revenue) |
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| Year | 1854-1859 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Mintage | ND (1854-1855) - Hartill#22.724: Type A; Tong with open head and two dots (South branch) - ND (1854-1855) - Hartill#22.725: Type A; Tong with closed head and one dot (West branch) - ND (1854-1855) - Hartill#22.726: Type A; Tong with closed head and two dots (North branch?) - ND (1855-1859) - Hartill#22.727: Type B; Fou Bao (尔) radical マ in 通; two-dot Tong; flat top Boo (East branch) - ND (1855-1859) - Hartill#22.728: Type B; Fou Bao (尔) radical コ in 通 (South branch) - ND (1855-1859) - Hartill#22.729: Type B; Fou Bao (尔) radical マ in 通; one-dot Tong (West branch) - ND (1855-1859) - Hartill#22.730: Type B; Fou Bao (尔) radical マ in 通; two-dot Tong; protruding top Boo (North branch) - ND (1855-1859) - Hartill#22.734: Type B; Zhen Bao (珍) (Pingding) - ND (1857-1859) - Hartill#22.732: Type B; Fou Bao (缶); Tong with open head (Board of Revenue mint) - ND (1857-1859) - Hartill#22.733: Type B; Fou Bao (缶); Tong with closed head (Board of Revenue mint) - ND (1858-1859) - Hartill#22.731: Type B; Xin Bao (心) (Middle branch) - |
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The Boo-chiowan (Board of Revenue) mint in Beijing began striking iron cash during the Xianfeng reign as an emergency measure — silver and copper supplies were under severe strain from the costs of suppressing the Taiping Rebellion, which had erupted in 1850 and would grind on until 1864. Iron coinage was deeply unpopular; it rusted, it was heavy relative to its face value, and the public resisted it. Hartill 22.724 represents the lowest denomination in a series that quickly inflated upward as the Qing fiscal situation deteriorated.