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5 Cash - Xianfeng (Boo-su)
Country: China - Empire
(China)
Denomination: 5 Cash
(0.005)
Year: (1854)
Material: Cast Brass
Weight:
Shape: Round with a square hole
Diameter: 27.8 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: china empirechina
Description:
Obverse
Chinese ideograms
- Top to bottom:
咸豐 = Xianfeng, 9th emperor of the Qing dynasty (Manchu) 1850-1861.
- Right to left:
通寶 = Tong bao, means currency
Reverse
In Manchu prints, the mint name: Boo-su (Suzhou, Jiangsi province), and from top to bottom in Chinese ideograms, the value: Dang wu (5 cash).
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