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1 Tael - Daoguang Type 2
| Issuer | Chiayi Treasury, Taiwan Province |
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| Year | 1837-1845 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bold hammered relief portrait of Shouxing, the Chinese god of longevity, depicted as a bearded elderly sage facing slightly left, rendered in a naïve but vigorous folk style characteristic of provincial Qing coinage. The figure holds a ruyi scepter in his right hand and wears loosely draped robes, with a cartouche inscribed on his chest area. Chinese characters arranged in two vertical columns flank the central figure: to the right, the reign legend reading 道光年鑄 (Cast during the Daoguang reign), and to the left, the denomination and purity inscription 足紋銀餅 柒庫 弍平 (Pure silver coin, Kuping 7 mace 2 candareens). The entire design is enclosed within a toothed or milled border running around the coin's circumference. |
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| Obverse lettering | 鑄年光道 - 足紋銀餅 柒庫 弍平 (Translation: Cast during Daoguang / Pure silver coin Kuping / 7 (Mace) 2 (Candareens)) |
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| Edge | Patterned (Meandering Greek design) |
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