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100 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao, Boo-san, large type
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Fuzhou |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
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| Value | 100 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), reading clockwise from top: 咸 (Xian), 元 (Yuan), 豐 (Feng), 寶 (Bao), forming the reign title and coin designation 咸豐元寶 (Xianfeng Yuanbao). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief against a plain, flat field, with no decorative border or rim ornamentation beyond the raised outer rim. The overall design is consistent with the large-denomination cast brass coinage of the Xianfeng reign (1851–1861). |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked by four cast characters in raised relief: to the left, a Manchu script legend reading ᠪᠣᠣ ᠰᠠᠨ (Boo-san, the Manchu rendering of the Fuzhou Mint name); to the right, the Chinese character 當 (Dang, meaning 'equal to') above and 百 (Bai, meaning 'one hundred') below, together denoting the face value of 100 cash. The reverse layout follows the standard bimetallic format of Xianfeng-era large cash, with Manchu on the left and Chinese denomination on the right, cast in a plain field with a raised outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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