IDENTIFIERS
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id:	237924
accession number:	CM.674-2015

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 12 September 2019
updated:	Thursday 12 September 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Beginning in 1898, the Board of Revenue introduced a new control to prevent abuse of the coinage. A character from the Thousand Character Classic (an ancient poem written with a thousand characters frequently used as a numbering system) was added to the reverse. The character changed each quarter, in order to date the coin's production. Guang Xu: reign/era title.
title:	1 Cash

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/237924





CATEGORIES
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category: coin

DATING
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creation date:	1898 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1898
creation date latest:	1899

CREATORS
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maker: De Zong (1875-1908)
maker: Board of Works


CITATIONS
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Cast Chinese Coins: a historical catalogue
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