Item number: A1017

Year: AD 1647-1651

Material: Brass

Size: 24.6 x 24.6 x 1.0 mm

Weight: 3.8 g

Manufactured by: Henan 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 Henan 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 “He,” indicating the minting location, signifying that this coin was minted in Henan 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 4th year of Shunzhi’s reign (AD 1647), the Henan Province Bureau officially began operations in Kaifeng Prefecture, the provincial capital, to produce brass coins for the entire province of Henan. However, due to the lack of coal resources in Kaifeng, the Bureau was subsequently relocated to Huaiqing Prefecture in the 6th year of Shunzhi (AD 1649) to continue production.

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: A1017

年代: 公元 1647-1651 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 24.6 x 24.6 x 1.0 mm

重量: 3.8 g

製造地: 河南省局

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」，鑄造地點為河南省。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「河」標示鑄造單位，代表這枚錢幣於河南省鑄造。

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。

順治4年(公元1647年)，河南省局於省會開封府正式開工，負責河南一省所需的銅錢鑄造。然而後續考慮到開封一地缺乏煤炭，故於順治6年(公元1649)將鑄錢局搬遷至懷慶府繼續生產。

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：