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| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing |
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| Year | 1851-1861 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central square perforation, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 咸 (top), 通 (right), 豐 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend 'Xianfeng Tongbao' (Auspicious Abundance, Universal Currency). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief within a plain, slightly raised rim. The field surface shows the characteristic granular texture typical of Qing dynasty cast cash coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 咸 寶 通 豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Tong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
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| Reverse script | Mongolian / Manchu |
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