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100 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao, Boo-fu
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Fuzhou |
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| Year | 1853-1855 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu |
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| Mintage | ND (1853-1855) - Hartill#22.779: Tong with two dots - ND (1853-1855) - Hartill#22.784: Tong with one dot - |
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The Xianfeng-era large cash issues were emergency coinage, authorized in 1853 as the Qing treasury collapsed under the financial strain of the Taiping Rebellion. The Board of Revenue mints across the empire were ordered to produce inflated-denomination coins — 10, 50, and 100 cash — as a desperate fiscal measure, effectively debasing the copper currency overnight. The Fuzhou mint's output was comparatively limited, and the provincial brass alloy composition distinguishes these pieces from Beijing issues of the same nominal value.
Rampant counterfeiting and public refusal to accept the overvalued denominations at face meant most saw minimal genuine circulation.