The 'Declaration coins' of the Yong Li period

Jan, 29, 1999
Question from Mr.David Hartill:
Has anyone any ideas about or alternative readings of the "message" on the reverse of Yong Li Tong Bao coins?
Has anyone got a clear picture of the fu (prefecture) coin apart from that in Bushell (a Victorian collector who published several good lists of Chinese coins in the 1890s), or even actually seen this coin.
Any information gratefully received.
V.Belyaev:
It's a very interesting question. As illustration below placed some quotes from references and available images of the 'Declaration coins'.
Obverse: Yong Li Tong Bao
Images are 'clickable'

Yu
S-
D2119
J1392
Chi
S1301
D-
J620
Du
S1303
D-
J1393
Bu
S-
D2123
J1394

Dao
S1304
D2120
J617
Fu
S-
D-
J1395
Liu
S1305
D-
J1396
Yue
S1306
D2121
J1397

Fu
S1307
D2118
J1398
Ming
S1308
D2122
J616
Ding
S1309
D2125
J618
Guo
S1310
D2124
J619

O.D.Cresswell, Chinese Cash, 1979, NY:
           Prince Yung Ming, like Fu Wang a grandson of the Ming Emperor Shen Tsung, proclaimed himself Emperor of Chao-ch'ing and was shortly afterwards defeated by a Manchu army in Yun-nan and retreated into Burma. In later years he became a Christian and it is one of the imponderables of history as to the outcome of a Christian Dynasty in China at that time had he won.
           Coins valued at one, two and five cash were issued bearing on the reverse the mint names of either the Board of Revenue Mint or the Board of Works Mint.
           The reverse of the coins with orthodox characters were used to publish a declaration, one character per coin, and are known as the Declaration Coins. The Declaration was ...

    Yu
    Yu
    Ch'ih
    Chi
    Tu
    Du
    Pu
    Bu
    Tao
    Dao
    Fu
    Fu
    Liu
    Liu
    Yueh
    Yue
    Fu
    Fu
    Ming
    Ming
    Ting
    Ding
    Kuo
    Guo
    [Wade-Gile translit.]
    [PinYin translit.]
    The Governors General, the Tao Tais, and the Prefects are charged by the Emperor to guard Kuang-Tung and Kuang-Hsi and to assist Ming to settle the State.

Peng Xinwei, A monetary History of China, translated by E.H.Kaplan:
           In Qiqing, the Prince of Yongming changed the era name to yongli (1647) and minted a Yongli Circulating Treasure. The yongli year-period lasted for a rather long time, and there are quite a few kinds of coins of that time. Aside from hu and gong, reverse inscriptions include Yu, Chi, Du, Bu, Dao, Fu, Liu, Yue, Fu, Ming, Ding and Guo. These characters seem to have been selected from the phrases used in orders. The coins bearing them, however, were not minted at the same time or in the same place. Not only are there a variety of variant forms, their numbers also vary greatly.

David Jen, Chinese Cash. Identification and Price Guide:
           Minted by Prince Gui (1646-62 A.D.). When the Qing (Manchu) troops reached Canton <Guandong - V.B.>, he fled to Yunnan province and then into Burma. In A.D. 1661, the Burmese surrended him to the Qing troops, who had entered Burma; he was executed the following year. On leaving Canton, he issued an imperial decree to Li Ding Guo, his commander-in-chief to remain there and assist in affairs of State. A set of coins was issued with the 12 characters on the decree on the reverse, one on each coin as follows: YU (imperial), CHI (decree), DU (oversee), BU (Board of War), DAO (regional commanders), FU (prefectures), LIU (remain), YUE (Canton), FU (assist), MING (Ming Dynasty), (to) DING (first character of Li Ding Guo's first name), GUO (second character of his first name).
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