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5 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-guwang
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Guangdong |
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| Year | 1854-1861 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash coin featuring a central square hole surrounded by four Chinese ideograms in regular script (kaishu), arranged in the traditional reading order: top, bottom, right, left. The legend reads 咸豐重寶 (Xianfeng Zhongbao), denoting the Xianfeng Emperor's reign title and the designation 'heavy currency.' The characters are rendered in bold, slightly archaic strokes typical of Qing dynasty cast coinage, set within a plain inner rim and an unadorned raised outer rim. The flat field shows the patina and surface texture characteristic of sand-cast bronze production. |
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| Obverse lettering | 咸豐重寶 (Translation: Xianfeng Zhongbao / Xianfeng Emperor's Heavy Currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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