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50 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-chiowan, large type
| Issuer | Qing Dynasty, Board of Revenue (戶部) |
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| Year | 1853-1854 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central square perforation bordered by raised inner and outer rims. To the right of the hole appears the Manchu script inscription ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ (Boo-chiowan), identifying the Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing. To the left is the corresponding Chinese character 當 (Dang, meaning 'equivalent to'), with 五十 (Wu Shi, 'fifty') reading vertically below and to the left of the square hole, together indicating a denomination of 50 cash. The characters are cast in bold, raised relief consistent with the monumental scale of this large-type issue. The field is plain and undecorated, with the mint and denomination inscriptions symmetrically distributed around the central perforation. |
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| Reverse lettering | 當 ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ 五十 (Translation: Dang Wu Shi / Boo-chiowan Value 50 / Boo-chiowan) |
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