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1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-yūn, with crescent
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint / Yunnan Provincial Mint |
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| Year | 1854-1861 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin with a central square hole, bearing four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform reading order: top-bottom, right-left. The reign title legend 咸豐通寶 (Xianfeng Tongbao) surrounds the central perforation, with 咸 at top, 寶 at bottom, 通 at right, and 豐 at left. The characters are rendered in a bold, conventional casting style typical of Qing dynasty provincial issues. The flat field shows no additional ornamental devices. |
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| Obverse lettering | 咸 寶 通 豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Tong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1854-1861) - Hartill#22.0986: Crescent above (facing up); seven-stroke Bei - ND (1854-1861) - Hartill#22.1003: Crescent above (facing up); six-stroke Bei - ND (1854-1861) - Hartill#22.1004: Crescent below (facing down) - |
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