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10 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-jyi, iron
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1855-1857 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Cast iron coin featuring four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading order — top, bottom, right, left — surrounding a central square perforation. The characters read 咸豐重寶 (Xianfeng Zhongbao), denoting the Xianfeng Emperor's reign title and the designation 'heavy currency.' The script is rendered in regular script (kaishu) with bold, deeply cast strokes typical of mid-Qing dynasty cash coinage. The flat field is unadorned, and the rim is plain and slightly raised. |
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| Obverse lettering | 咸 寶 重 豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Zhong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Heavy currency) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a bilingual inscription surrounding the central square hole, typical of Qing dynasty cash coins. Two Manchu characters (ᠪᠣᠣ ᡷᡳ, Boo-jyi) are positioned to the left and right of the square perforation, reading vertically in Manchu script. A single Chinese character 當 (Dang, meaning 'equal to' or 'valued at') appears above the hole, and the Chinese numeral 十 (Shi, ten) appears below, indicating the coin's denomination of ten cash. The casting is bold, with clearly delineated characters set against a plain, undecorated field. |
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