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10 Cash - Xianfeng (Boo shan)
Country: China - Empire
(China)
Denomination: 10 Cash
(0.01)
Year: (1854)
Material: Cast Brass
Weight: 18.4 g
Shape: Round with a square hole
Diameter: 36 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) 1851-1861.
- Right to left: 寶重 - zhong bao, means heavy currency.
Reverse
Chinese ideograms from top to bottom: 當十 - dang shi, means "Value of ten".
Manchu prints from left to right: boo shan, the mint name for Xi'an (Shaanxi province).
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