1 Cash - Kangxi Tongbao; Je / Zhe

1 Cash - Kangxi (Tongbao; Je / Zhe) - obverse1 Cash - Kangxi (Tongbao; Je / Zhe) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Qing dynasty › Kangxi (康熙帝) (1661-1722)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1667-1699
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-1912)
Composition Brass
Weight 4.00 g
Diameter 26 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
2724
References Hartill# 22.137,
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.
FD# 2266,
Fubao Ding, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Schjoth# 1437
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:
 康
寶 通
 熙

Translation:
Kang Xi Tong Bao
Kangxi (Emperor) / Universal currency

Reverse

One Manchu word (read vertically) to the left and one Chinese ideogram to the right.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu

Lettering: ᠵᡝ 浙

Translation:
Je / Zhe
Zhejiang

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Zhejiang Mint, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (1667-1896)

Comments

Those with Tong with two dots are around 1.4 Qians in weight and over 26 millimetres; those with Tong with one dot are around 1.0 Qian in weight and under 26 millimetres.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1667-1674)  93% Hartill#22.137: Tong with two dots; Je written with straight lines
ND (1667-1674)  10% Hartill#22.137A: Tong with two dots; Je written with curved lines
ND (1696-1699)  1.9% Hartill#22.138: Tong with one dot

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