Item number: A658

Year: AD 1730-1735

Material: Brass

Size: 27.2 x 27.1 x 0.8 mm

Weight: 3.9 g

Manufactured by: Bao Su Bureau

Provenance:

1. Noonans 2022

2. D. L. F. Sealy Collection

This is the “Yongzheng Tongbao,” issued by the “Bao Su Bureau,” established in Jiangsu Province during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng, the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1722- AD 1735). The coin features a square hole design.

The outer and inner contours, along with the central square hole on the obverse of the coin, show slight wear, but the reverse remains very clear. The inner contour on the obverse is inscribed with the four Chinese characters “Yongzheng Tongbao” (雍正通寶), while the reverse is engraved with the Manchu characters “ᠪᠣᡠ ᠰᡠ” (Bao Su). The Manchu script on this coin is bolder compared to another “Yongzheng Tongbao” from the Bao Su Bureau in the Legends Museum’s collection.

The “Bao Su Bureau” was established in the 7th year of the Kangxi reign (AD 1688) following an imperial edict after the creation of Jiangsu Province. It was overseen by Tong Pengnian (佟彭年), who was then serving as the Provincial Administration Commissioner of Jiangsu.

However, due to a shortage of copper in the region and the fact that transporting Tián copper (滇銅 copper from Yunan) took three years round trip, minting at the Bao Su Bureau was intermittent. Coin production resumed in the 8th year of the Yongzheng reign (AD 1730). During the Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang periods, the bureau’s operations were sporadic, halting completely when Tianjing(天京) fell during the Taiping Rebellion, after which minting resumed and continued until the end of the Guangxu era.

物件編號: A658

年代: 公元 1730-1735 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 27.2 x 27.1 x 0.8 mm

重量: 3.9 g

製造地: 寶蘇局

來源:

1. 諾南斯 2022

2. 大衛.萊斯利.福布斯.西利舊藏

這是清朝第五任皇帝雍正在位期間(公元1722至1735年)，於江蘇省所設立「寶蘇局」發行之「雍正通寶」，其外觀為方孔錢。

錢幣正面的外廓、內廓和中央的方孔略微磨損，不過背面十分清晰。正面的內廓鐫刻漢字「雍正通寶」四字，背面的內廓則鐫刻滿文「ᠪᠣᡠ ᠰᡠ」（寶蘇）二字，滿文字體相較本館館藏另一個寶蘇局的雍正通寶粗。

「寶蘇局」的建立是在康熙7年（公元1688年）奉詔建立江蘇省後，由當時任職江蘇布政史的佟彭年負責。

然因該地少銅，滇銅運送往返需三年，寶蘇局造幣間間斷斷，直到雍正8年（公元1730年）恢復鑄造。後續乾隆、嘉慶、道光年間寶蘇局時開時停，直到太平天國導致天京淪陷後，才再次開啟直到光緒末年。