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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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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole characteristic of Chinese cash coinage, surrounded by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion and read top-to-bottom, right-to-left in regular script (kaishu). The inscription 咸豐元寶 (Xianfeng Yuanbao) occupies the four cardinal positions around the central perforation, with 咸 at top, 寶 at bottom, 元 at right, and 豐 at left. The characters are rendered in bold, well-formed strokes within a plain, raised inner rim. The outer border is defined by a raised rim, and the field between the legends and the rim is plain. |
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| Obverse lettering | 咸 寶 元 豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Yuan Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Original currency) |
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| Mintage | ND (1854-1855) - Hartill#22.762: Six-stroke Bei (New branch) - ND (1854-1855) - Hartill#22.763: Seven-stroke Bei (Old branch) - |
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