1 Cash - Kangxi Tongbao; Je / Zhe

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Qing dynasty › Kangxi (康熙帝) (1661-1722)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1667-1699
Value	1 Cash
Currency	Cash (621-1912)
Composition	Brass
Weight	4.00 g
Diameter	26 mm
Thickness	1.2 mm
Shape	Round with a square hole
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 2724
References	Hartill# 22.137 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. , FD# 2266 Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. , Schjoth# 1437 Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
　康
寶　通
　熙

Translation:
Kang Xi Tong Bao
Kangxi (Emperor) / Universal currency

Reverse

One Manchu word (read vertically) to the left and one Chinese ideogram to the right.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu

Lettering: ᠵᡝ 浙

Translation:
Je / Zhe
Zhejiang

Edge

Plain

Mint

浙	Zhejiang Mint, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (1667-1896)

Comments

Those with Tong with two dots are around 1.4 Qians in weight and over 26 millimetres; those with Tong with one dot are around 1.0 Qian in weight and under 26 millimetres.

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Date	VF		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1667-1674)	$ 2.40	Hartill#22.137: Tong with two dots; Je written with straight lines	90%
ND (1667-1674)		Hartill#22.137A: Tong with two dots; Je written with curved lines	13%
ND (1696-1699)		Hartill#22.138: Tong with one dot	5%

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