Item number: A1051

Year: AD 1649-1651

Material: Brass

Size: 23.2 x 23.1 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 3.05 g

Manufactured by: Shandong Province Bureau

Provenance:

1. Noonans 2022

2. D. L. F. Sealy Collection

This is a “Shunzhi Tongbao” coin minted during the reign of Shunzhi, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty after entering China proper. The coin was produced in Shandong Province. This coin has a typical square hole design and is made of brass. On the obverse, the characters “Shunzhi Tongbao” are inscribed in the order of top, bottom, right, and left. The upper side of the reverse of the coin features a single Chinese character “Dong,” indicating the minting location, signifying that this coin was minted in Shandong Province.

In the 2nd year of the Shunzhi era (AD 1645), shortly after entering the Pass, the Qing Empire minted a version of the Shunzhi Tongbao coin featuring a single Chinese character design on the reverse. This design was only produced for six years before minting ceased, and numismatic scholars have designated it as the “second type.”

In the Qing dynasty, the minting of coins in Shandong Province began in the 2nd year of the Shunzhi reign (AD 1645) with the establishment of the Linqing Prefecture Bureau in Linqing Prefecture, Shandong. Shortly thereafter, in the 6th year of Shunzhi (AD 1649), the Shandong Province Bureau was established in Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong.

During the 18-year reign of Emperor Shunzhi, the “Shunzhi Tongbao” coins were categorised into five major types based on the patterns on the reverse side:

物件編號: A1051

年代: 公元 1649-1651 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 23.2 x 23.1 x 0.9 mm

重量: 3.05 g

製造地: 山東省局

來源:

1. 諾南斯 2022

2. 大衛.萊斯利.福布斯.西利舊藏

這是清朝入關的首任皇帝順治所鑄造的「順治通寶」，鑄造地點為山東省。這枚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「順治通寶」四字。錢幣背後的上側以單一個漢字「東」標示鑄造單位，代表這枚錢幣於山東省鑄造。

順治2年(公元1645年)，入關不久的清帝國鑄造背面帶有一個漢字版型的順治通寶，該版型僅使用6年就停止鑄造，錢幣學界將該版型定名為第二式。

山東一省於清代的鑄錢始於順治2年(公元1645年)，於山東臨清直隸州設立臨清鎮局。不久在順治6年(公元1649年)，設於山東首府濟南府，全名為山東省局。

順治皇帝統治的18年間，其鑄造的順治通寶按照背面版式，總計有五大種類：