100 Cash - Xianfeng Yuanbao; Boo-su

Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Qing dynasty › Xianfeng (咸豐帝) (1850-1861)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1854-1855
Value 100 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Brass
Weight 65.99 g
Diameter 60 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
152745
References Hartill# 22.913,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 2469,
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
C# 16-10
William D. Craig; 1976. Coins of the World, 1750-1850 (3rd edition). Western Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

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

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 咸
寶 元
 豐

Translation:
Xian Feng Yuan Bao
Xianfeng (Emperor) / Original 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:

ᠪᠣᠣ ᠰᡠ

Translation:
Dang Bai / Boo-su
Value 1 hundred / Boo-su

Edge

Smooth.

Mints

Emergency Preparations Mint (Suzhou Mint), Jiangsu, China (1851-1860)
Relief Preparations Mint (Suzhou Mint), Jiangsu, China (1851-1860)
Suzhou Mint, Dunxin Branch, modern-day Dunxincun, Jiangsu, China (1851-1860)
Suzhou Mint, Zhun'an Branch, modern-day District de Qingjiangpu, Jiangsu, China (1851-1860)
Suzhou Mint, Jiangsu, China (1668-1907)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1854-1855)  Hartill#22.914: Normal-style Su; six-stroke Bei; small Bao
ND (1854-1855)  Hartill#22.915: Normal-style Su; six-stroke Bei; protruding left Bao
ND (1854-1855)  Hartill#22.917: Normal-style Su; seven-stroke Bei; Medium Bao
ND (1854-1855)  Hartill#22.918: Normal-style Su; seven-stroke Bei; Long-footed Bao
ND (1854-1855)  Hartill#22.919: Normal-style Su; seven-stroke Bei; Hook Xian
ND (1854-1855)  Hartill#22.922: Z-style Su

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