Coin

About this object

History of use

Large size circulating coin, value 10 cash coins. Higher value, due to inflation and military payments during Taiping uprising.

Physical description

Coin, round, with a four-sided hole at the centre, a rim around the outer edge and a centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has four characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, yi shi top, bottom (one-ten=value 10) in Chinese on reverse. File marks; dot obverse near top-right corner of centre hole; large hollows in rims; rim pits; depression on reverse rim top-right.