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1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-su
| Issuer | Board of Revenue, Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1851-1860 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse displaying a central square perforation flanked by two Manchu script characters in relief, one on each side of the hole, reading right to left: ᠪᠣᠣ (Boo) on the right and ᠰᡠ (Su) on the left, together designating the Suzhou Mint. A raised inner rim borders the square hole, and a raised outer rim defines the coin's periphery, with the field otherwise plain. |
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| Mint | Emergency Preparations Mint (Suzhou Mint), Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Relief Preparations Mint (Suzhou Mint), Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Suzhou Mint, Dunxin Branch,modern-day Dunxincun, Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Suzhou Mint, Zhun`an Branch,modern-day District de Qingjiangpu, Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Suzhou Mint, Jiangsu, China(1668-1907) |
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The Xianfeng reign coincided with the Taiping Rebellion, the deadliest civil war in human history, which so disrupted the Qing treasury that the Board of Revenue mint in Beijing was simultaneously striking cash coins in denominations up to 1,000 — a desperate inflation of face value to cover military expenditure. The standard 1-cash pieces from this period were increasingly debased and underweight as copper supplies tightened. Boo-su denotes the Suzhou auxiliary facility operating under Board of Revenue authority.