Dynasty: Ch'ing (1644 - 1911 a.d.) Emperor: Sheng Tsu (1661-1722 a.d.) Reign Title: Kang Hsi (1661-1722 a.d.)

Your coins may be slightly different in size and character style. This is normal and can be considered a variation of the same coin.

Chinese collectors arranging issues of Kang Hsi 1 Cash coins into a famous poem written in the Chien Lung period.

"The following twenty coins (cast 1667) give on the reverse side the names of the mints, in Manchu and Chinese, and are arranged in a stanza of four pentameter lines, forming the rhyme after the rule of Chinese poetry: " [S]

T'ung Ta-t'ung in Shansi Scjoth No. 1423 Rareness:	Fu Fukien mint Scjoth No. 1424 Rareness:	Lin Lin-ching in Shantung Scjoth No. 1425 Rareness:	Dung Shantung mint Scjoth No. 1426 Rareness:	Chiang Chiang-ning (Nanking) Scjoth No. 1427 Rareness:
Hsuan Hsuan-fu in Chili Scjoth No. 1428 Rareness:	Yuan T'ai-yuan Fu in Shansi Scjoth No. 1429 Rareness:	Su Soochow in Kiangsu Scjoth No. 1430 Rareness:	Chi Chi-chow in Chili Scjoth No. 1431 Rareness:	Chang Wu-ch'ang in Hupei Scjoth No. 1432 Rareness:
Nan Hunan mint Scjoth No. 1435 Rareness:	Ho Honan Scjoth No. 1434 Rareness:	Ning Ningpo in Chekiang Scjoth No. 1433 Rareness:	Kuang Kuangtung mint Scjoth No. 1436 Rareness:	Che Chekiang mint Scjoth No. 1437 Rareness:
T'ai Taiwan in Formosa Scjoth No. 1438 Rareness:	Kuei Kueilin in Kuangsi Scjoth No. 1439 Rareness:	Shan Shensi Scjoth No. 1440 Rareness:	Yun Yunnan Scjoth No. 1441 Rareness:	Chang Chang-chou in Fukien Scjoth No. 1442 Rareness:

"The Chinese attach a talismanic virtue to the above coins. If genuine and placed together, they have the power of expelling evil influences and of preventing fires. Their genuineness according to popular belief can be tested by placing them, when strung together, on top of a chicken-coop: if genuine, they will prevent the cocks from crowing in the morning!" [S]