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100 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao, Ili
| Issuer | Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
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| Weight | 49.02 g |
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| Reverse lettering | 當 ᠪᠣᠣ ᡳ 百 (Translation: Dang / Bai / Boo-i Worth 100 / Ili (mint)) |
| Edge | Plain |
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The Ili mint, operating in the far northwest at the edge of Qing territorial control in what is now Xinjiang, produced these heavy cash pieces under emergency pressures that had little to do with routine monetary policy. The Taiping Rebellion had devastated government revenues in the interior, forcing the court to authorize inflated-denomination cash — nominally worth 100 standard cash — as a fiscal stopgap. The experiment was widely distrusted by the public, and most high-denomination Xianfeng issues circulated at a steep discount to face value almost immediately.
Ili production of this type is scarcer than the major metropolitan mints, reflecting both the logistical constraints of a remote frontier foundry and shorter run durations.