QING: Jia Qing, 1796-1820, AE cash (8.50g), Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing, H-22.471, South Branch.
29mm unusually heavy – usually 5-7mm
Palace cash were first introduced in 1752 for use in the Imperial Palace by guards and eunuchs. These were always of high quality brass alloy. They were popularly known as gua deng qian (lamp hanging money) or huang gaizi (‘yellow covers’).
