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100 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao, Boo-yuwan
| Issuer | Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Beijing |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked by two Manchu script characters reading 'Boo-yuwan' (ᠪᠣᠣ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ), one on each side of the perforation and oriented vertically. Above the central hole appears the Chinese character 當 (dang, meaning 'equivalent to') and below the hole the Chinese character 百 (bai, meaning 'one hundred'), together indicating the coin's denomination of 100 cash. The legends are rendered in crisp, raised relief against a plain field, enclosed within a raised inner and outer rim. |
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| Mint | Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898) Ministry of Public Works Mint, Old Branch (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898) |
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