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5 Mace - Xianfeng Issued by Ching Cheng-chi, engraved by Wan Ch`uan
Issuer | Shanghai, City of |
Year | 1856 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 5 Mace = 1/2 Tael |
Currency | Tael (1856) |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 18.40 g |
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Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round
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Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Engraver(s) | Wan Ch`uan |
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Reference(s) | Kann#910 |
Obverse description | Four columns of four Chinese ideograms each, read vertically from right to left. |
Obverse script | |
Obverse lettering | 足商上咸
紋經海豐
銀正縣六
餅記號年 (Translation: Year 6 of Xianfeng Shanghai District Business firm of Ching Cheng-chi Cake of fine silver) |
Reverse description | Four columns of four Chinese ideograms each, read vertically from right to left. |
Reverse script | |
Reverse lettering | 匠重傾朱
萬五曹源
全錢平裕
造銀實監 (Translation: Supervised by Chow Yuen Yu Exact weight of 5 silver Mace Made by Wan Ch`uan, silversmith) |
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Mint | |
Mintage | 6 (1856) - -
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Catalog ID | 7102750580 |
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