CHINA, Qīng dynasty. Wénzōng (Xiánfēng). AD 1851-1861. Æ 500 Cash (55.5mm, 58.79 g, 12h). Prince Qìng Hui (Board of Revenue) mint. Cast May-July 1854. Xian Feng Zhong Bao in Hànzì characters / Dang Wubai (Value Five Hundred) in Hànzì characters and boo chiowan in Manchu script; crescent and pellet flanking dang. Hartill 22.720. Pale brown and green patina, minor marks, small casting flaw on rim. Good VF. An exceptionally well made example, with a crisp and finely made interior rim. Undoubtedly a specimen that was specially crafted. Extremely rare as such. From the Norman Frank Collection.The Prince Hui mint was authorized to begin producing cash to pay the army in April 1854. By May of that year, three furnaces had been established with the goal of producing 100,000 li (strings of cash). The project was to be short lived. Production of the 200 Cash and larger denominations ceased on 24 July. The mint was unable to obtain enough copper to continue production and was shuttered by August, with the remaining surplus copper transferred to the Board of Revenue. The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.Triton XXIX – Session Four – Lot 920-1141 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 14 January 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyers fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
