Jia Qing Tong Bao Large Palace Coin Tian Xia Tai Ping " World peace" 1796 AD
ANCIENT CHINA Authenticity guaranteed for all items! 20 grams; 35 mm; Material: Brass
Tianxia Taiping Coins. These coins have on the reverse: 天下太平 Tian Xia Tai Ping (Heaven below Great Peace - Peace on Earth), and the period titles, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu or Xuantong on the obverse combined with tong bao, or occasionally zhong bao. The Register of Large Cash says: " These coins were used for presentation in the Palace of Ancestral Worship, each wrapped in a piece of rectangular cloth. Each time an Emperor ascended to his ancestors (died), they were replaced with newly cast coins." Some of these are clearly of Board of Revenue manufacture.
Jiaqing Emperor The Jiaqing Emperor (Chinese: 嘉慶帝; pinyin: Jiāqìng Dì; Wade–Giles: Chia1-ch'ing4 Ti4; Mongolian: Sayishiyaltu Yirugertu Khaan, 13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), personal name Aisin Gioro Yongyan, was the seventh emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China from 1796 to 1820. He was the son of the Qianlong Emperor. During his reign, he prosecuted Heshen, the corrupt favourite of his father, and attempted to restore order within the Qing Empire and curb the smuggling of opium into China.
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