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100 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao, Boo-ji
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing |
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| Year | 1855 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole flanked by four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in the traditional reading order: top to bottom, right to left. The reign title inscription 咸豐元寶 (Xianfeng Yuanbao) fills the four quadrants of the obverse field. The characters are boldly cast in relief against a flat, unadorned field, with no outer decorative border other than the raised rim. The overall style is typical of Qing dynasty cast coinage, with strong, well-defined strokes. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Manchu |
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The Xianfeng reign (1851–1861) forced the Qing treasury into increasingly desperate measures as simultaneous crises — the Taiping Rebellion, the Nian Rebellion, and a nearly bankrupt central government — demanded military expenditure the standard cash system could not support. High-denomination cash pieces like this 100-cash were an inflationary stopgap, nominally worth 100 ordinary cash but almost immediately discounted in actual trade. Merchants and common people resisted them widely.
The Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing, known in Manchu as the Boo-ji, was one of two capital mints with the highest-prestige output. By 1855, brass had replaced the traditional bronze alloy as copper supplies tightened.