CHINA (QING DYNASTY) KANGXI EMPEROR (1622-1722) TONG BAO CASH COIN

A WONDERFUL OLD CHINESE QING DYNASTY CASH COIN. MORE SPECIFICALLY IT IS A KANGXI EMPEROR (1622-1722) TONG BAO CASH COIN.
 
The Kangxi Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Shengzu of Qing, personal name Xuanye, was the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1661 to 1722. He was the longest-reigning ruler of China ascended the throne at the age of seven and reigned for 61 years, 318 days from 1661 until his death in 1722. He ascended the throne at a very critical time in China.
 
The first half of the Kangxi Emperor's rule was devoted to the stabilization of the empire: gaining control over the Manchu hierarchy and suppressing armed rebellions. It was only in the second half of his rule that he would begin to turn his attention to economic prosperity and the patronage of art and culture. The commission of the Southern Inspection Tours (Nanxuntu), a set of twelve mammoth scrolls depicting the emperor's tour route from Beijing to the cultural and economic centers of the South, was one of the Kangxi Emperor's first acts of artistic patronage.
 
The 268-year duration of the Qing dynasty was dominated by the rule of two monarchs: the Kangxi Emperor, who reigned from 1662 to 1722, and his grandson, the Qianlong Emperor, who reigned from 1736 to 1796. These two emperors, each of whom reigned for about 60 years, would set the course of Qing history and in large part create the political, economic, and cultural legacy inherited by modern China.
 
NOTE I HAVE ANOTHER OLD CHINESE TONG BAO CASH COIN FROM THE QIAN LONG EMPEROR (1736-1795) THE GRANDSON OF KANGXI ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.
 
SIZE: 23,5MM DIAMETER
CONDITION: IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
CHINESE CASH COINS:
The Qing dynasty (1644-1911), was the last imperial dynasty of China. Qing-dynasty coins, like Chinese coins for centuries before them, are copper alloy pieces cast from moulds, with a square hole in the middle and an inscription.
 
The obverse inscription on most Qing-dynasty coins consists of four characters arranged around the hole, in the order top-bottom-right-left. The first two characters provide the reign title of the emperor. A total of eleven emperors ruled the country over the 250 years of the Qing dynasty, and all of them issued coins.
 
The last two characters are usually tong and bao. Tongbao translates as circulating treasure and means coin.
 
The Qing dynasty had its capital in Beijing, which had been the capital of the preceding Ming dynasty. When it came to issuing coins, mints in the capital city, managed by the Board of Revenue and Boards of Works, were opened up first.
 
Qing-dynasty coins normally have inscriptions on both sides. The side which has four Chinese characters will be the obverse. The key is to find the character bao (meaning treasure), which is always on the left side of the hole.
 
The reading sequence for Qing coins is top-bottom, then right-left. The first two characters give the reign title of the emperor. The third and fourth characters are tong and bao. Tong means circulating and bao means treasure, and together they state that this is a coin and that it should circulate freely.
 
The reverse inscription normally gives the mint of the coin. The Board of Revenue and the Board of Works were the two principal mints in Beijing, the capital city of the Qing dynasty, and their coins were normally of good quality.
 
The character on the left is always the same: it reads boo in Manchu script. The inscription on the right varies according to the mint name.
 
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