1 Cash - Daoguang Tongbao; Boo-je
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 |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 45072 |
| References | Hartill# 22.643 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. |
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 ᠵᡝ
Translation: Boo-je
Edge
Plain
Mint
Zhejiang Mint, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (1667-1896)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1821) | Hartill#22.643: Tong with open square head; bottom line bent | 64% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1822-1824) | Hartill#22.644: Tong with open square head; bottom line straight | 15% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1825-1827) | Hartill#22.645: Tong with open square head; local type | 6% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1828-1835) | Hartill#22.646: Coastal Province type; Tong with closed head | 18% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1836-1850) | Hartill#22.647: Coastal Province type; Tong with open protruding head | 15% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1836-1850) | Hartill#22.648: Broad rim; regular type Tong | 2% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1836-1850) | Hartill#22.649: Broad rim; Coastal Province type Tong | 1.1% | |||||||||||||
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