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Name or Denominations
1 Cash
Issuer
Empire of China
Ruler
Qing dynasty › Daoguang (道光帝) ( 1820-1850 )
Year of Minting
1821-1850
Currency
Cash ( 621-1912 )
Shape
Round with a square hole
Rarity
Common
Weight
3.80 g
Diameter
24 mm
Thickness
1.4 mm
Material
Brass
Shape
Round with a square hole
Edge Type
Plain
Technique
Cast
Front design
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Back design
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole.
Year of Minting
1821-1850
Emperor
Qing dynasty › Daoguang (道光帝) ( 1820-1850 )
Mint location
Ministry of Public Works Mint, Auxilliary furnaces (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898); Ministry of Public Works Mint, New Branch (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898); Ministry of Public Works Mint, Old Branch (工部局), Beijing, China (1726-1898)
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: 道 寶 通 光 Reverse: ᠪᠣᠣ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ
Context
Various types exist: Type A: Large 光 Type A1: Six-stroke radical 貝 in 寶 Type A2: Seven-stroke radical 貝 in 寶 Type B: Small 光 An example of Hartill#22.594 (Type A2; radical コ in 通; two-dot Tong): DocTongHead DocTongDots
Rarity
Common
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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