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500 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao, Boo-yuwan
| Issuer | Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), China |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Value | 500 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole flanked by four large Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion within a plain raised rim. Reading clockwise from top, the reign title legend 咸豐元寶 (Xianfeng Yuanbao, meaning 'Xianfeng Primordial Treasure') is cast in bold, regular-script (kaishu) characters of even weight, exhibiting the characteristic flat-relief casting style of the Beijing Board of Works mint. The characters are well-spaced within the broad field, with 咸 at top, 寶 at bottom, 元 to the right and 豐 to the left of the central perforation. The outer rim is plain and slightly raised, forming a neat border around the coin's face. |
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| Reverse description | Central square perforation flanked by four cast characters and Manchu script arranged in cruciform layout within a plain raised rim. The Chinese character 當 (dang, meaning 'equal to' or 'valued at') appears at the top, while 五百 (wu bai, 'five hundred') is cast below the central hole. To the right and left of the square perforation appear the Manchu script syllables ᠪᠣᠣ (Boo) and ᡠᠶᠠᠨ (yuwan) respectively, identifying the Board of Works mint in the Manchu language. The characters are rendered in the same bold, flat-relief regular script as the obverse, consistent with mid-Xianfeng-era casting practices. The combination of Chinese and Manchu legends reflects the bilingual administrative conventions of the Qing imperial coinage system. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Manchu |
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