Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular
script)
Obverse lettering
咸
寶 元
豐 (Translation: Xian Feng Yuan Bao Xianfeng (Emperor) / Original currency)
Reverse description
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with one Chinese ideogram above and two below, and with one ideogram at the top on the rim.
Reverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular script),
Mongolian / Manchu
Reverse lettering
宫
當
ᠪᠣᠣ ᠰᠠᠨ
百五 (Translation: Guan / Dang Wu Bai / Boo-san Official / Value 5 hundred / Boo-san)