Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, Dai script)
Obverse lettering
咸
寶 重
豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Zhong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Heavy currency)
Reverse description
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with one Chinese ideogram above and one below.
Reverse script
Chinese (traditional, Dai script),
Mongolian / Manchu
Reverse lettering
當
ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ
十 (Translation: Dang Shi / Boo-chiowan Value 10 / Boo-chiowan)
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), East Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), North Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), South Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), West Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) Ministry of Revenue Mint,Pingdingzhou Branch (戶部局), modern-day Pingding County, Shanxi,China (1855-1859)