Round coin with an angled rim, a four-sided hole in centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. Both faces have four Chinese characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (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. Depression on reverse left. Character wang (king) incuse on reverse rim.

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.

Round coin with a four-sided hole in centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. The face has four Chinese characters, and the reverse has five. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in formal style Chinese characters on face; boo yuwan left-right (mintmark) in Manchu; dang wushi top, bottom (value 50) in Chinese on reverse. Two small holes opposite each other at the rim. File marks visible on rim.

Round coin with four characters across the top, a signature below, and one chop on the obverse; two characters across the top, two characters below, and one chop on the reverse. Edge rifling slanted left to right. Obverse has zhangzhou zhunxiang, (right-left) meaning zhangzhou soldiers' ration (money); signature below; chop ren (man). Reverse has zutsu (right-left), meaning pure pattern; dongheng (top, bottom), meaning generally circulating. Chop mark on reverse: circle on inverted crescent; chop mark on rim: crescent or most of circle, with part off the rim; lines on the rim.

Round coin with a four-sided hole in the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and the centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has four characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in formal style Chinese characters are on the obverse; boo ciowan left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, dang wushi top, bottom (value 50) in Chinese are on the reverse. File marks; rim pits, flaws; extra metal is inside the centre hole.

Yellow damask silk skirt fragment (part c). The skirt has no waistband. The pleats have black edging and embroidery. On each pleat are butterfly and prunus motifs in blue on black ground. Between the pleats are peony, chrysanthemum and lotus motifs in blue on yellow ground. Along the bottom hem is a black border with peony and prunus motifs. The back is unlined.

Round coin with a four-sided hole in centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. Both faces have four Chinese characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in formal style Chinese characters on face; boo yuwan left-right (mintmark) in Manchu; dang wushi top, bottom (value 50) in Chinese on reverse. File marks visible on rim.

Coin, round, with a four-sided hole at the centre, a rim around the outer edge and a centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has four characters. Xianfeng tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, yi shi top, bottom (one-ten=value 10) in Chinese on reverse. Pits in rims.

Round, 4 sided hole in centre, rim around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, 1 character on reverse. Chongzhen tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters on obverse; ji bottom (mintmark) in Chinese characters on reverse.

Round, 4 sided hole in centre, rim around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, 1 character on reverse. Chongzhen tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters on obverse; guang top (mintmark), Chinese character on reverse.