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10 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-gi, small type
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse displays a central square hole flanked by four symbols in the cross arrangement. To the right appears the Manchu character ᠪᠣᠣ (Boo) and to the left ᡬᡳ (gi), together forming the Manchu mint name Boo-gi (Board of Revenue). Above the square hole is the Chinese character 當 (Dang, meaning 'equivalent to') and below 十 (Shi, meaning 'ten'), together indicating a denomination of 10 cash. The characters and Manchu script are cast in moderate relief with a plain field, consistent with the small-type production of this issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (1854-1855) |
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The Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing was one of the first imperial mints to strike the Xianfeng cash series beginning in 1851, tasked with funding a treasury increasingly hollowed out by the Taiping Rebellion. By 1854, the financial strain had become acute enough that the court authorized inflated-denomination cash — nominally worth 10 but containing far less metal than the face value implied. The small-type designation here is not incidental: it reflects a documented mid-run reduction in flan size as the mint cut costs under explicit bureaucratic pressure.
Boo-gi identifies this as the Manchu designation for the Board of Revenue, distinguishing it from the contemporaneous Board of Works issues.