All richness, original treasure : Xian feng yuan bao.
Qing Dynasty (AD 1644-1911).
Casting era : AD 1853 - The end is unclear.
Casting place : Kai feng city, He nan province.
Name of the Mint Bureau : Bao he ju.
Emperor : Wen zong, Xian feng di.
Obverse : Chinese character inscription : Xian feng yuan bao.
From observer's point of view, up : Xian (= all), down : feng (= richness),
right : yuan (= original), left : bao (= treasure). Hemming line.
Reverse : Chinese character inscription : from up to down : Dang bai. Dang
(= deserve), bai (= a hundred). Therefore this inscription means "this
coin deserves one hundred pieces of usual coins".
Reverse : Manchurian character inscription : from observer's point of view
: from left to right : Bao he. This is name of the Mint Bureau. Hemming
line.
47.6g.
D-48.5mm.
F.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
43g.
D-48.5mm.
F.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp