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Auction: CSS108C - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 2316

China, Qing Dynasty, [GBCA 82] brass 1000 cash, 'Xian Feng Yuan Bao', 1853-1854, 'Bao Quan' (Board of Revenue) mint, 63.5x4.2mm, weighs 77.7g, cert. #1117785885, as with the Xian Feng 500 cash, the denomination is self explanatory. These large denomination coins were only in circulation for 8 months, thus rare. Original examples such as this are particularly popular among serious collectors


清代咸豐元寶當千，寶泉局鑄，63.5x4.2 毫米，重 77.7 克，公博 82。當千和當五百兩種大面額制錢從開始發行的咸豐三年十一月到廢止的咸豐四年七月，僅通行了八個月，存世原裝真品尤為難得，於泉界人氣長期高企

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