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1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-tai
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Taiyuan |
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| Year | 1853-1854 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Mintage | ND (1853-1854) |
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The Boo-tai mint at Taiyuan operated under the Board of Revenue's provincial network during a period when the Qing government's fiscal machinery was under severe strain from the Taiping Rebellion. By 1853, rebel forces had taken Nanjing, severing key revenue arteries and forcing provincial mints to absorb production demands they were ill-equipped to meet. Shanxi's relative insulation from the front lines kept Boo-tai functioning, but erratic metal supplies made consistent alloy composition across this period nearly impossible to guarantee.