IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 237915 accession number: CM.665-2015 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 12 September 2019 updated: Thursday 12 September 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/237915 CATEGORIES ------ category: coin DATING ------ creation date: 1898 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1898 creation date latest: 1899 CREATORS -------- maker: De Zong (1875-1908) maker: Board of Revenue CITATIONS -------- Cast Chinese Coins: a historical catalogue ---