50 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-yūn, trial strike

€226,268.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1853
TypePattern
Value50 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionBrass
Weight
Dimensions56 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#22.1019, FD#2559
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering 咸 寶 重  豐
(Translation: Xian Feng Zhong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Heavy currency)
Reverse descriptionTwo Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with one Chinese ideogram above and two below.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Reverse lettering當 ᠪᠣᠣ ᠶᡡᠨ 十五
(Translation: Dang Wu Shi / Boo-yūn Value 50 / Boo-yūn)
EdgeSmooth.
MintYunnan Mint, Lin`an Branch,modern-day Jianshui County, Yunnan, China (1685-1861)
Yunnan Mint, Ningtai Factory
Branch, Yongping, modern-day Yongping County, Yunnan, China(1853-1861)
Yunnan Mint, Old Dongchuan
Branch, modern-day District de Dongchuan, Yunnan, China(1724-1908)
Yunnan Mint, Qujing Branch,China (1777-1861)
Yunnan Mint, Yunnan-fu Branch,modern-day Kunming, Yunnan, China (1659-1911)
MintageND (1853)  - -
Catalog ID1019166400
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