Shantung (1855) 100 cash
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This specimen was lot 1412 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted, "QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash, Jinan mint, Shandong Province, cast in 1855, graded 80(05) by GBCA Grading Company, a natural flan crack, F-VF, RR. A rare mint as the Jinan mint only had two furnaces in operation during this reign."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: cast brass or bronze, 57 mm diameter, this specimen 62.9 g, 55.5 mm wide, 4.3 mm thick.
Catalog reference: Hartill-22.937.
- Hartill, David, Cast Chinese Coins, 2nd ed., London, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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