CHINA, Tàipíng Rebellion. AD 1851-1864. Æ Cash (24mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Cast 1861-1864. VF.

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CHINA, Tàipíng Rebellion. AD 1851-1864. Æ Cash (24mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Cast 1861-1864. Tai Ping Tian Guo in Hànzìcharacters / Sheng bao in Hànzì characters. Hartill 23.18. Brown surfaces. VF. Rare.

From the St. George Collection.

In the early 1840s, failed civil service candidate Hong Xiuquan read a religous pamphlet given to him by a Protestant missionary. He came to the realization that he was, in fact, Jesus Christ’s Chinese brother, sent by God to rid the nation of the Manchus. Hong studied the Bible, blending it with elements of Daoism and Confucianism, developing his own sect called the God Worshipping Society. By 1851 the Society was in open rebellion against the Manchu Qīng dynasty. Hong declared a new dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and took for himself the title Heavenly King. The Taipings would successfully resist the central government for over thirteen years, at times even capturing the Qīng capital at Běijīng. The Taiping Rebellion would result in an estimated 20-70 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in world history.

Closing Date and Time: 13 December 2023 at 13:52:00 ET.

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