CHINA QING Dynasty 1 cash 1730-32 AD YONG ZHENG TONG BAO Zhejiang mint
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CHINA, QING Dynasty, 1644-1911 AD, 1 cash, no date (1730-32 AD), Zhejiang mint, Obverse: YONG ZHENG TONG BAO, square head 2-dot TONG, Reverse: BOO JE left-right, brass, 25mm, 3.65g, H22.189, KM363, S1455, VF
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Qing Shizong was made Emperor according to his father’s wishes. He was a rigorous administrator who took the welfare of his people as his highest calling. People wished that he had had a longer reign.
A rebel took Beijing and the last Ming Emperor committed suicide. A Ming loyalist general invited the Manchus into China to aid the Ming heir but instead they proceeded to conquer the country in what some think produced more casualties than any previous war. The Qing Dynasty promoted culture and the economy flourished until the Europeans arrived with their Industrial Revolution and opium.
The oldest Chinese coins are at least as old as the earliest Greek coins. The Chinese coinage system differed from other systems in two ways. It was monometallic, only bronze coins circulated in general commerce. Gold and silver were treated as commodities. And the manufacturing method was by casting in moulds rather than by striking heated solid planchets. The main reference I use in attributing and describing these coins is the book: Chinese Cast Coins, by David Hartill.
