Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
咸
寶 元
豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Yuan Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Original 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, regular script),
Mongolian / Manchu
Reverse lettering
當
ᠪᠣᠣ ᠰᡠ
百 (Translation: Dang Bai / Boo-su Value 1 hundred / Boo-su)
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Emergency Preparations Mint (Suzhou Mint), Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Relief Preparations Mint (Suzhou Mint), Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Suzhou Mint, Dunxin Branch,modern-day Dunxincun, Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Suzhou Mint, Zhun`an Branch,modern-day District de Qingjiangpu, Jiangsu, China (1851-1860) Suzhou Mint, Jiangsu, China(1668-1907)
Mintage
ND
(1854-1855) - Hartill#22.914: Normal-style Su; six-stroke Bei; small Bao - ND
(1854-1855) - Hartill#22.915: Normal-style Su; six-stroke Bei; protruding left Bao - ND
(1854-1855) - Hartill#22.917: Normal-style Su; seven-stroke Bei; Medium Bao - ND
(1854-1855) - Hartill#22.918: Normal-style Su; seven-stroke Bei; Long-footed Bao - ND
(1854-1855) - Hartill#22.919: Normal-style Su; seven-stroke Bei; Hook Xian - ND
(1854-1855) - Hartill#22.922: Z-style Su -