Item number: A341

Year: AD 1722-1735

Material: Brass

Size: 27.3 x 27.3 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 4.05 g

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This is a flower coin modified from the commonly circulated “Yongzheng Tongbao” during the reign of the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng (AD 1722-AD 1735). The coin appears as a pair of concentric circles, with noticeable differences in elevation and colour between the inner and outer circles on both sides. However, after being processed and smoothed, the boundary between the two circles is no longer distinct, and the entire coin is coated in a black hue.

The obverse side of the coin bears the inscription “Yongzheng Tongbao” in regular script, arranged sequentially from top, bottom, right, to left. However, due to the interference of the black colour and processing, the characters are not clearly visible and difficult to discern. On the reverse side, the original Manchu and Chinese inscriptions have been smoothed out, making it impossible to determine the place of minting. The back is processed to resemble a tortoiseshell pattern, divided into nine sections, with a circular decoration near the edges of each section.

Following the reform of “one province, one mint” during the later years of the Kangxi reign, the number of local mints during the Yongzheng era was reduced to 18. Besides being minted at the central-level Baoquan Bureau and Baoyuan Bureau, the Yongzheng Tongbao was also produced at furnaces in 13 local-level mints.

物件編號: A341

年代: 公元 1722-1735 年

材料: 黃銅

尺寸: 27.3 x 27.3 x 0.9 mm

重量: 4.05 g

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

這是一枚以清朝第四任皇帝，雍正在位期間(公元1722-1735年)，民間以流通的「雍正通寶」加以改造而成的花錢。錢幣外觀為一雙同心圓，正反雙面的內圓和外圓原先有明顯的高低落差和色澤差異。然而該枚物件經過加工磨平後，雙圓之間的邊際已經不甚清晰，通體色澤為黑色包覆。

錢幣正面按照上、下、右、左處以楷書依序鐫刻「雍正通寶」四字，不過受到黑色色澤和加工的干擾，其字跡不甚清楚難以辨識。錢幣背面原有的滿漢銘文皆遭到磨平，因此無法判斷其鑄造地點。背面被加工看似龜殼的圖案，並且再細分為九個部分，靠近邊緣處皆有一個圓形裝飾。

歷經康熙晚年「一省一鑄錢局」改革，雍正朝的地方鑄錢局已減少為18處。雍正通寶於中央層級「寶泉局」和「寶源局」開鑄外，亦在13個地方層級的鑄錢局有開爐生產。