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QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, iron 10 cash (18.9g), Baoding Mint, Zhili Province, VF-XF

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QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, iron 10 cash (18.9g), Baoding Mint, Zhili Province, VF-XF
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QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, iron 10 cash (18.9g), Baoding Mint, Zhili Province, H-22.1055, cast 1855-57, graded 80 by GBCA Grading Company, VF-XF. In January of the year 1855 the province of Zhili started casting iron cash coins This work was then carried out by one of the Chinese branch mints with 10 furnaces that were located just outside of the western suburbs of Baoding by the Lingyu Temple. In May of the year 1857, the four existing copper furnaces of the main Zhili Provincial Mint in Baoding were altered to be iron cash coin furnaces and a new iron cash coin furnace was added, while at the same time 10 new furnaces for the production of iron cash coins were added to the Zhili Branch Mint. The Zhili Provincial Mint ceased the production of 10 cash (wén) iron cash coins in June 1857.