| Issuer | Shanghai, City of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1856 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Tael |
| Currency | Tael (1856) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 36.70 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Wan Ch`uan |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Kann#900, L&M#589 |
| Obverse description | Four columns of four Chinese ideograms each, read vertically from right to left. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Chinese |
| Obverse lettering | 足商上咸 紋王海豐 銀永縣六 餅盛號年 (Translation: Year 6 of Xianfeng Shanghai District Business firm of Wang Wu-sheng Cake of fine silver) |
| Reverse description | Four columns of four Chinese ideograms each, read vertically from right to left. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
| Reverse lettering | 匠重傾朱 萬壹曹源 全兩平裕 造銀實監 (Translation: Supervised by Chow Yuen Yu Exact weight of 1 silver Tael Made by Wan Ch`uan, silversmith) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 6 (1856) - - |
| Numisquare ID | 6135874540 |
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