5 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao; Boo-chiowan; Regular script; Dang Wu
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Qing dynasty › Xianfeng (咸豐帝) (1850-1861)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1853-1861 |
| Value | 5 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 225799 |
| References | Hartill# 22.687 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
咸
寶 重
豐
Translation:
Xian Feng Zhong Bao
Xianfeng (Emperor) / Heavy currency
Reverse
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with one Chinese ideogram above and one below.
Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering:
當
ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ
五
Translation:
Dang Wu / Boo-chiowan
Value 5 / Boo-chiowan
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Ministry of Revenue Mint, East Branch (戶部局), Beijing, China (1727-1898) | |
| Ministry of Revenue Mint, North Branch (戶部局), Beijing, China (1727-1910) | |
| Ministry of Revenue Mint, South Branch (戶部局), Beijing, China (1727-1898) | |
| Ministry of Revenue Mint, West Branch (戶部局), Beijing, China (1727-1910) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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