1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao; Boo-chiowan; iron; Dai script
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Qing dynasty › Xianfeng (咸豐帝) (1850-1861)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1854-1855 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Iron |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 225807 |
| References | Hartill# 22.722 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, Dai script)
Lettering:
咸
寶 通
豐
Translation:
Xian Feng Tong Bao
Xianfeng (Emperor) / Universal currency
Designer: Dai Xi (戴熙)
Reverse
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole.
Script: Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering: ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ
Translation: Boo-chiowan
Designer: Dai Xi (戴熙)
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), East Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) | |
| Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), Middle Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) | |
| Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), North Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) | |
| Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), South Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) | |
| Iron Currency Mint (Ministry of Revenue), West Branch (鐵錢局), Beijing, China (1854-1859) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1854-1855) | Hartill#22.722: Tong with closed head | 78% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1854-1855) | Hartill#22.723: Tong with open head | 0% | |||||||||||||
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