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100 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao, Boo-su
| Issuer | Suzhou Mint |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
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| Value | 100 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass coin with a central square hole, bearing four large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform reading order: top to bottom and right to left. The inscription 咸豐元寶 (Xianfeng Yuanbao, meaning 'Xianfeng Original Currency') fills the four quadrants surrounding the central void. The characters are boldly rendered in raised relief against a flat, undecorated field, with no inner or outer rim ornamentation beyond the plain borders typical of Qing dynasty cast coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two vertical Manchu script words (ᠪᠣᠣ ᠰᡠ, transliterated as 'Boo-su', denoting the Suzhou Mint) flanking the central square hole, one word to the left and one to the right, each read vertically in the Manchu tradition. Above the hole appears the Chinese character 當 (Dang, meaning 'valued at') and below it the character 百 (Bai, meaning 'one hundred'), together indicating a denomination of 100 cash. All legends are cast in raised relief against a plain flat field, consistent with standard Qing dynasty emergency coinage practice. |
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| 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) |
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