Item number: A1006

Year: AD 1667-1670

Material: Brass

Size: 27.0 x 27.2 x 0.8 mm

Weight: 3.7 g

Manufactured by: Datong Prefecture 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-AD 1722), minted in Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province. It bears the inscription “Kangxi Tongbao.”

The coin has a 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 “ᡨᠣᠩ” and the Chinese character “Tong.”

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 the 2nd year of Shunzhi’s reign (AD 1645), the Datong Prefecture Bureau and the Taiyuan Prefecture Bureau, located in the provincial capital, were established simultaneously. In September of the 6th year of Shunzhi (AD 1649), due to the large-scale “Wuzi Rebellion” against Qing rule in Datong, the Datong Prefecture Bureau was temporarily relocated to Yanghe Town to continue production. It wasn’t until the 13th year of Shunzhi’s reign (AD 1656) that the Datong Prefecture Bureau returned to its original site and resumed operations.

In the 6th year of Kangxi’s reign (AD 1667), the Datong Prefecture Bureau began minting Kangxi Tongbao coins in compliance with central government directives. However, production was halted just a few years later, in the 9th year of Kangxi’s reign (AD 1670), marking the end of the Datong Bureau’s operations, after which it faded into history.

物件編號: A1006

年代: 公元 1667-1670 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 27.0 x 27.2 x 0.8 mm

重量: 3.7 g

製造地: 大同府局

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)，於山西省大同府鑄造的流通貨幣「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「᠋ᡨᠣᠩ」和漢字「同」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。順治2年(公元1645年)，大同府局跟位於省會的太原府局一同成立。順治6年(公元1649年) 9月，由於大同府爆發大規模反對清廷統治的「戊子之變」，大同府局暫時遷移至陽和鎮繼續生產。直到順治13年(公元1656年)，大同府局方才遷回原址復工。

康熙6年(公元1667年)，大同府局遵照中央的命令鑄造康熙通寶。然而於康熙9年(公元1670年)。旋即宣布停止生產，自此大同府局便走入歷史。