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 with four additional characters incised in rim characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, er shi top, bottom (two-ten=value 20), yi liang ji zhong top-bottom-right-left in Chinese on reverse. Rim pits; file marks rim edge; centre hole not filed; depressed areas in rim.

Round coin with a four-sided hole at the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. One face has four Chinese characters, the other has five. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo cuwan left-right (mintmark) in Manchu; dang wushi top, bottom (value 50) in Chinese on reverse. Rim has file marks and some pitting.

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 with another four characters incised in the rim. Xianfeng zhongbao (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), wu qian ji zhong top-bottom-right-left in Chinese on reverse. File marks; pits on rim; rims not filed smooth.

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. Character shan (mountain) incuse on obverse rim, and character ? incuse on reverse rim. File marks evident on rim, which has flaws and pits.

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 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.

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.