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| Uitgever | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1856-1860 |
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| Waarde | 50 Cash |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | 聖寶 (Translation: Sheng Bao - Sacred Currency) |
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| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a millenarian Christian theocracy that controlled much of southern China from 1851 until its violent suppression in 1864, a rebellion that killed an estimated 20 to 30 million people — one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. The movement issued its own coinage as a deliberate assertion of sovereign authority, rejecting Qing monetary infrastructure entirely. This 50-cash piece belongs to the Shengbao ("Sacred Currency") series, the higher-denomination issues produced from the Taiping capital at Nanjing.
The horizontal reverse reading distinguishes this variety from the vertical Hartill types, a subtle but catalogically meaningful difference reflecting inconsistent die-cutting practices within the Taiping mints.