1 Cash - Jiaqing Tongbao; Boo-jyi

1 Cash - Jiaqing (Tongbao; Boo-jyi) - obverse1 Cash - Jiaqing (Tongbao; Boo-jyi) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Qing dynasty › Jiaqing (嘉慶帝) (1796-1820)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1796-1820
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Brass
Weight 3.58 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1.0 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
26019
References Hartill# 22.555,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 2346,
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Schjoth# 1501
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:
 嘉
寶 通
 慶

Translation:
Jia Qing Tong Bao
Jiaqing (Emperor) / Universal currency

Reverse

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

Script: Mongolian / Manchu

Lettering: ᠪᠣᠣ ᡷᡳ

Translation: Boo-jyi

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Zhili Mint, Baoding, Hebei, China (1747-1899)

Comments

Many varieties exist:

Type A: Closed radical 貝 in 寶
  • Type A1: Large radical 吉 in 嘉
  • Type A2: Small radical 吉 in 嘉
Type B: Open radical 貝 in 寶; top stroke of Bao connected
  • Type B1: Square radical 口 in 吉
  • Type B2: Trapezoid radical 口 in 吉
Type C: Open radical 貝 in 寶; top stroke of Bao a distinct or missing dot

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1796-1799)  11% Hartill#22.555: Type A1
ND (1799-1802)  72% Hartill#22.556: Type A2
ND (1803-1815)  11% Hartill#22.557: Type B1
ND (1810-1815)  9% Hartill#22.558: Type B2
ND (1816-1820)  11% Hartill#22.559: Type C

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