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1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-nan
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Hunan Province (Qing Dynasty) |
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| Year | 1854-1858 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain save for two Manchu script characters cast in raised relief, one on each side of the central square hole, reading horizontally: ᠪᠣᠣ (Boo) to the right and ᠨᠠᠨ (Nan) to the left, together forming the mint name Boo-nan, denoting the Hunan provincial mint. The characters are rendered in the vertical Manchu script style, flanking the perforation symmetrically. The surrounding field is flat and unadorned, bounded by a plain raised outer rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᠪᠣᠣ ᠨᠠᠨ (Translation: Boo-nan [Hunan Mint]) |
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