50 Cash - Xianfeng Zhongbao; Boo-u
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Qing dynasty › Xianfeng (咸豐帝) (1850-1861)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1854-1856 |
| Value | 50 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 43.60 g |
| Diameter | 51 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 226031 |
| References | Hartill# 22.859 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. |
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 two below.
Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering:
當
ᠪᠣᠣ ᡠ
十五
Translation:
Dang Wu Shi / Boo-u
Value 50 / Boo-u
Edge
Plain
Mint
Wuchang Mint, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (1650-1898)Manage my collection
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1854-1856) | Hartill#22.859: Dot of U connected | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1854-1856) | Hartill#22.864: Dot of U separated; small characters | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1854-1856) | Hartill#22.867: Dot of U separated; large characters | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1854-1856) | Hartill#22.871: Coarse appearance | ||||||||||||||
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