Item number: A1009

Year: AD 1661-1722

Material: Brass

Size: 27.0 x 27.0 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 4.15 g

Manufactured by: Fujian Province Bureau

Provenance:

1. Noonans 2022

2. D. L. F. Sealy Collection

This coin is a circulating currency piece from the reign of the third Qing Emperor, Kangxi (AD 1661-1722), minted in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province. It bears the inscription “Kangxi Tongbao.”

The coin has the typical square-holed design and is made of brass. The obverse side is inscribed with the four Chinese characters “Kangxi Tongbao” in the order of top, bottom, right, and left. On the reverse side, the left and right sides are marked with the Manchu script “ᡶᡠ” and the Chinese character “Fu,” indicating the minting location as Fuzhou.

During the Kangxi period, in addition to the centrally administered mints of the “Bao Quan Bureau” and the “Bao Yuan Bureau,” 24 regional mints were established across various provinces. In Fujian Province, aside from the mint in the provincial capital of Fuzhou, a temporary mint known as the “Zhangzhou Prefecture Bureau” was set up in southern Fujian between the 19th and 21st years of Kangxi’s reign (AD 1680-1682). This mint aimed to locally fund preparations for the Qing court’s military campaign against the Ming loyalist forces of Zheng Chenggong, which were based on the offshore island of Taiwan.

物件編號: A1009

年代: 公元 1661-1722 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 27.0 x 27.0 x 0.9 mm

重量: 4.15 g

製造地: 福建省局

來源:

1. 諾南斯 2022

2. 大衛.萊斯利.福布斯.西利舊藏

此硬幣為清朝第三任皇帝康熙年間(公元1661-1722年)，於福建省省會福州鑄造的流通貨幣「康熙通寶」。

錢幣形制為典型的方孔錢，材質為黃銅。錢幣正面按上、下、右、左順序，依序鐫刻漢字「康熙通寶」四字。錢幣背面的左右兩側，分別以滿文「᠋ᡶᡠ」和漢字「福」標示錢幣的鑄造地點。

康熙年間，隸屬中央的「寶泉局」和「寶源局」之外，各地方亦先後設立鑄錢局24處。彼時福建一省於省會福州有鑄錢局外，康熙19年至21年(公元1680-1682年)間，閩南漳洲府曾短暫設立「漳州府局」，其目的為朝廷需就地籌備攻打盤據在福建外海，即臺灣的明鄭勢力。