1 Cash - Kangxi Tongbao; Boo-yuwan

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Qing dynasty › Kangxi (康熙帝) (1661-1722)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1662-1722
Value	1 Cash
Currency	Cash (621-1912)
Composition	Brass
Weight	3.80 g
Diameter	26 mm
Thickness	1.2 mm
Shape	Round with a square hole
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 27690
References	Hartill# 22.93 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. , FD# 2251 Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. , Schjoth# 1421 Fredrik Schjöth; 1976. Chinese Currency. Andrew Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Four Chinese ideogram 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

Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole.

Script: Mongolian / Manchu

Lettering: ᠪᠣᠣ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ

Translation:
Boo-yuwan
[For Ministry of Works Mint]

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Beijing, China (1361-1726)
	Ministry of Public Works Mint (工部局), Nanjing, China (1361-1726)

Comments

The small and crude coins are around 22 to 23 millimetres.

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1662-1683)	$ 0.34	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	Hartill# 22.93 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.	Bei with seven strokes; Tong with two dots; 1.4 Qian weight	66%
ND (1680-1690)			$ 1.10	$ 1.10		Hartill# 22.95 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.	Small and crude; around 0.7 Qian weight ~23 mm	25%
ND (1684-1701)						Hartill# 22.94 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.	Bei with seven strokes; Tong with two dots; 1.0 Qian weight	5%
ND (1702-1713)						Hartill# 22.96 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.	Bei with six strokes; 1.4 Qian weight	1.2%
ND (1714-1722)						Hartill# 22.97 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2^nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom.	Bei with seven strokes; broad rims	14%

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