10 Cash - Tongzhi Zhongbao; Boo-yuwan
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Qing dynasty › Tongzhi (同治帝) (1861-1875)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1862-1874 |
| Value | 10 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 8.48 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 44204 |
| References | Hartill# 22.1133 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:
同
寶 重
治
Translation:
Tong Zhi Zhong Bao
Tongzhi (Emperor) / Heavy currency
Reverse
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole, all with one Chinese ideogram above and one below.
Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering:
當
ᠪᠣᠣ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ
十
Translation:
Dang Shi / Boo-yuwan
Value 10 / Boo-yuwan
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898) | |
| Ministry of Public Works Mint, Old Branch (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898) |
Comments
Around 72,000 strings were cast a year.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1862-1874) | Hartill#22.1133: Six-stroke Bei (New branch) | 85% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1862-1874) | Hartill#22.1134: Seven-stroke Bei (Old branch) | 8% | |||||||||||||
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