Coin Item Number: Edz2326 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Round coin with a four-sided hole at the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has four characters. The recessed areas have a copper-like finish. Xianfeng tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, er bai top, bottom (one-hundred=value 100) in Chinese on reverse. File marks evident on rim.
Large size circulating coin, value 100 cash coins. Higher value, due to inflation and military payments during Taiping uprising.