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 ᡠ
百 (Translation: Dang Bai / Boo-u Value 1 hundred / Boo-u)
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Mintage
ND
(1854-1856) - Hartill#22.861: Dot of U connected - ND
(1854-1856) - Hartill#22.865: Dot of U separated; small characters - ND
(1854-1856) - Hartill#22.868: Dot of U separated; large characters - ND
(1854-1856) - Hartill#22.872: Coarse appearance -