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Obverse |
Reverse |
Description |
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No. 0051 |
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Mint: Chihli |
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Diam. 27 mm |
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Wt. 3.7 g. |
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Rareness E |
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Mint Evolution and Peculiarity |
The Hsuan Hua Mint was first established at Chihli in 1645 for
the minting of the Shun Chih T'ung Pao cash coins, each weighting
1.2 mace [ 1 mace = 1/10 tael = 3.73 gram.
Some sources suggested that though the order to cast might have
been issued in 1645, Hsuan Hua Mint was not able to start before
1646AD ] with the "Hsuan"  mint
mark in Chinese Character only on the reverse.
In 1653, it also cast coins bearing with Chinese characters I Li  [left] and Hsuan
[right] on the reverse, each weighing
1.25 maces. I-Li cash was ceased minting in the 17th year of
the Shun Chih reign (1660AD). The Hsuan Hua Mint resumed in 1667
when it began minting of K'ang Hsi T'ung Pao bearing the "Hsuan"
mint marks in both Han and Manchu scripts
on the reverse. It ceased minting in the 10th year of the K'ang
Hsi reign (1671AD) |
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No. 0052 |
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Mint: Shansi |
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Diam. 27 mm |
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Wt. 5.2 g. |
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Rareness E |
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Mint Evolution and Peculiarity |
This coin was cast by the Taiyuan mint of Shansi province with
the "Yuan" mint marks written in both Manchu and Han
script  on the reverse. K'ang Hsi T'ung
Pao of Taiyuan mint was first cast in 1667. As the character
"Yuan" means Taiyuan, another
one "Yuan"  means Pao-Yuan [Board
of Works], it could be easily mixed up with the same pronunciations.
So be careful. |
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No. 0053 |
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Mint: Kiangsu |
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Diam. 26.5 mm |
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Wt. 4.1 g. |
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Rareness D |
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Mint Evolution and Peculiarity |
This K'ang Hsi T'ung Pao was cast by Soochow mint of Kiangsu
province. On the reverse are the "Su" mint marks in
both Manchu and Han scripts  . When Kiangnan province
was split into Kiangsu and Anhui two provinces in the 6th year
of K'ang Hsi reign (1667AD). Soochow mint began to cast coins,
It had stopped casting coins from 1670. In 1730, the eighth year
of the Yung Zheng reign, Pao Su Mint was established in Soochow
and cast coins again. |
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No. 0054 |
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Mint: Chihli |
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Diam. 27.5 mm |
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Wt. 4.4 g. |
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Rareness D |
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Mint Evolution and Peculiarity |
Chichow Mint was another mint in Chihli province. The mint was
first established in the 2nd year of Shun Chih reign (1645AD).
On the reverse are mint marks "Chi" in both Manchu
script and Han script  . It ceased minting
in 1671, until the 4th year of Hsien Feng reign (1854AD) it resumed
minting of the big coins. [Qing government
cast various kinds of big coins with great face value to meet
vast military expenses during the Taiping revolution, from five to a thousand cash in
a variety of sizes and weights.] |
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No. 0055 |
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Mint: Kiangsi |
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Diam. 27 mm |
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Wt. 3.8 g. |
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Rareness E |
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Mint Evolution and Peculiarity |
The Kiangsi province had been a very famous
casting center in the history of the Chinese coinage since Shang
dynasty. During Qing dynasty, Nanchang Mint was first established
in 4th year of the Shun Chih reign (1647AD). In 1667, Nanchang
Mint began to cash K'ang Hsi T'ung Pao bearing with "Ch'ang"
mint marks in both Han script  and
Manchu script on the reverse. The coinage of Nanchang Mint had
been lasted until the Repubic of China.
According to the book of Jiangxi Lidai Qianbitulu by Mr. Lung
Chi Ch'ang, Mr. Lung found that the diameters of K'ang Hsi Nanchang
copper cash are from 27.6mm to 22.2mm, weight from 5 grams to
2 grams amount his huge collections of K'ang Hsi coin. |
was
chosen to succeed the throne at the age of eight with the reign
title K'ang Hsi. The Emperor K'ang Hsi had reigned China for
61 years. His long and prosperous reign periods was famous not
only of the Qing dynasty but of the whole of Chinese history.
When he passed away in 1722, he left a flourshng and stable kingdom.
? It was arranged
by the Chinese collector with the different mints in the form
of a Chinese poetry during the Chien Long period and now it is
the favourite target for the Chinese collectors.
[provinces]
at that time. Hungchow 
[
now, Nanchang 
] was in Kiangnan
Sitao 
[means
south-western part of The Yangtze River or The Long River].
The Kiangsi province had been a very famous casting center in
the history of the Chinese coinage since Shang dynasty. In the
whole country of Southern Tang (937~975 AD.), 20% of coins were
cast by the mints located in what now Kiangsi province, 12% in
Sung dynasty, and Kiangsi Mint was the largest mint in Ming dynasty,
because 37% of the China's mintage was cast by the Kiangsi mints
in the whole country. Kiangsi and Yunan province had the largest
copper mines in China. 