Item number: A990

Year: AD 1673-1676

Material: Brass

Size: 28.2 x 28.2 x 1.0 mm

Weight: 5.6 g

Provenance:

1. Noonans 2022

2. D. L. F. Sealy Collection

This is a “Yumin Tongbao” brass coin minted by Geng Jingzhong, the “Prince Who Pacifies the South” (靖南王) of Fujian, in response to the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty led by Wu Sangui in Yunnan in the 12th year of the Kangxi reign (AD 1673).

The coin features the typical square-holed design. On the obverse, the four Chinese characters “Yumin Tongbao” (裕民通寶) are inscribed in regular script in the order of top, bottom, right, and left. The reverse side of the coin bears the denomination “One Candareen” (一分) on the right. According to records, the “Yumin Tongbao” coins have different variants, including plain-backed, One Candareen (一分), One Mace (壹錢), and Zhe One Mace (浙一錢).

Geng Jingzhong was one of the Han Chinese princes with different surnames, titled by the Qing court in Fujian, following in the footsteps of his grandfather. He, along with Wu Sangui, the “Prince Who Pacifies the West” (平西王) in Yunnan, and Shang Zhixin, the “Prince Who Pacifies the South” (平南王) in Guangdong, formed the so-called “Three Feudatories.” In AD 1673, they rebelled due to dissatisfaction with Emperor Kangxi’s “Reduction of the Feudatories” policy. Geng Jingzhong invited Zheng Jing, ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, who had previously established his base in Fujian, to join the fight against the Qing. However, internal conflicts over territorial control arose between them.

In AD 1676, facing attacks from both the Qing forces and Zheng Jing’s troops, Geng Jingzhong chose to surrender to the Qing court and was subsequently imprisoned in Beijing. After the Qing defeated Wu Sangui’s forces in Yunnan in AD 1682, Emperor Kangxi ordered Geng Jingzhong to be executed by slow slicing in Beijing.

物件編號: A990

年代: 公元 1673-1676 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 28.2 x 28.2 x 1.0 mm

重量: 5.6 g

來源:

1. 諾南斯 2022

2. 大衛.萊斯利.福布斯.西利舊藏

這是一枚自康熙12年(公元1673年)，響應雲南的吳三桂一同對清廷發起叛亂的福建「靖南王」耿精忠鑄造的「裕民通寶」銅錢。

錢幣外觀為典型的方孔錢。錢幣正面按照上、下、右、左的順序，依序以漢字楷書鐫刻「裕民通寶」四字。錢幣背面的右側則標誌面值「一分」兩字。裕民通寶按照紀錄，分別有：光背、一分、壹錢和浙一錢的不同版型。

耿精忠自祖父輩起，為清廷受封於福建的漢人異姓王，跟雲南「平西王」吳三桂和廣東「平南王」尚之信，共同稱為「三藩」。公元1673年，三人因為不滿康熙皇帝推行的「削藩」政策發起叛亂。位於福建的耿精忠還邀請隔海盤距在台灣，並且過去以閩南為根據地的鄭經「東寧王國」勢力，一同參與對抗清廷的戰爭，然而雙方後續為了地盤分配出現內鬨。公元1676年，面對清廷和鄭經的兩路夾攻，耿精忠選擇向清廷投降，隨後被囚於北京。公元1682年，康熙撲滅雲南的吳三桂勢力後，在北京將耿精忠以凌遲處決。