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50 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao, Boo-he
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1854-1855 |
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| Value | 50 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass coin featuring four Chinese ideograms in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform reading order around a central square hole: top to bottom and right to left, reading 咸豐重寶 (Xianfeng Zhongbao). The characters are boldly rendered in raised relief against a flat field, with the reign title 咸豐 (Xianfeng) occupying the top and left positions, and the denomination inscription 重寶 (Zhongbao, meaning 'heavy currency') to the right and bottom. The overall style is characteristic of Qing dynasty cast coinage, with clean stroke definition and no rim ornamentation. |
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| Obverse lettering | 咸 寶 重 豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Zhong Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Heavy currency) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu |
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