1 Cash - Xianfeng Tongbao; Boo-joo; with ideogram
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Qing dynasty › Xianfeng (咸豐帝) (1850-1861)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1851-1861 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 226280 |
| References | Hartill# 22.1120 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 通
豐
Translation:
Xian Feng Tong Bao
Xianfeng (Emperor) / Universal currency
Reverse
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with one Chinese ideogram above.
Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering:
一
ᠪᠣᠣ ᠵᠣᠣ
Translation:
Yi / Boo-joo
1 Cash / Boo-joo
Edge
Plain
Comments
The exact location of the 'Boo-joo' mint is unknown, although the various types of reverse symbols indicate somewhere around Yunnan, Guizhou, or Sichuan. With many symbols also beeing found on Yunnan-fu or Dongchuan coins, it is possible this is a local mintmark from the Yunnan (similar to Boo-dung).
Another Boo-joo was used under Tongzhi, although that mintmark includes a dot. It is possible the dot is correcting the spelling from the Xianfeng coins, or it is an entirely different mint.
Another Boo-joo was used under Tongzhi, although that mintmark includes a dot. It is possible the dot is correcting the spelling from the Xianfeng coins, or it is an entirely different mint.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1851-1861) | |||||||||||||||
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