1 Cash - Daoguang Tongbao; Boo-guwang
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Qing dynasty › Daoguang (道光帝) (1820-1850)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1821-1850 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 4.16 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 25773 |
| References | Hartill# 22.601 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. Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom. William D. Craig. Coins of the World. Racine, Wisconsin, United States (3 volumes). |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
道
寶 通
光
Translation:
Dao Guang Tong Bao
Daoguang (Emperor) / Universal currency
Reverse
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole.
Script: Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering: ᠪᠣᠣ ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩ
Translation: Boo-guwang
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Guangdong Mint, Guangzhou Branch, China (1668-1910) | |
| Guangdong Mint, Zhaoqing Branch, China (1686-1858) |
Comments
While unreported by Hartill, smaller examples are known. The following is 20 millimetres and 1.29 grams:
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| Date | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
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| ND (1821-1850) | $ 0.83 | $ 3.00 | $ 4.10 | Regular size | 91% | ||||||||||
| ND (1821-1850) | Smaller size | 11% | |||||||||||||
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