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10 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-di, Urumchi, small size
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Urumchi (Boo-di) |
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| Year | 1855-1857 |
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| Thickness | 1.6 mm |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central square perforation with a Manchu biscript mint name reading 'Boo-di' (ᠪᠣᠣ ᡩᡳ) split vertically on either side of the hole, denoting the Urumchi mint. Above the hole appears the Chinese character 當 (Dang, meaning 'worth') and below the hole the Chinese character 十 (Shi, meaning 'ten'), together indicating a denomination of ten cash. The characters and Manchu script are cast in raised relief within a plain field, enclosed by an inner square rim and a raised outer rim, consistent with Qing dynasty provincial cash coinage of the Xianfeng period. |
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The Boo-di mint at Urumchi operated under extraordinary logistical pressure during the Xianfeng reign — supplying coinage to Xinjiang required crossing thousands of miles of steppe and desert, and the chronic copper shortages that plagued mints across the empire were felt here more acutely than almost anywhere else. The "small size" designation within this type reflects deliberate weight reduction as the Qing administration struggled to maintain output during the Taiping and Nian rebellions, which were simultaneously draining both treasury reserves and military copper stocks.
Within a few years of this issue, the Muslim rebellions of the 1860s would destroy the Urumchi mint entirely.