Golden Kangxi cash ?

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First of all, I wonder why the" 1 Cash - Kangxi Boo-chiowan" isn't it cast up to 1722 on Numista page ?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces31487.html

Secondly, my coin has the characteristic K'ang  (no horizontal bar upleft)  of a "lohan coin", but not the same "xi (熙)", and "tong (通)".
My coin :

May I consider it as a standard  "1 Cash - Kangxi Boo-chiowan" ?

Typical Kangxi cash - 1662-1722


Typical "lohan coin"



SECONDARY SERIES OF AD 1713: These coins, which are commonly called "Lohan Coins" differ in the way the bottom characher "K'ang" is drawn without the upright at the left. A myth about this variety claims they were cast from gilt bronze statues of Lohan's (attendants to Buddha), so each coin contains a trace of gold. No testing has found even a trace of gold in these, and there is nothing to support belief in this myth, which appears to originate in the mid-19th century. Burger, in his study of Ch'ing Dynasty cash, made a case for these coins being a special issue of AD 1713, to celebrate K'ang Hsi's 60th birthday.
Hartill lists these coins as having a rarity rating of 14, which means very common and somewhere in the $5.00 range. In my experience they are significantly scarcer than he suggests, and should in the $15 to $20 range. Schjoth lists these from three mints : Board of Revenue (see S-1419), Honan mint (see S-1434) and Hunan mint (see S-1435), although in the case of Honan and Hunan the mint marks are drawn slightly differently. When they become available we will add images of them.
reference : http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm

This is an example of an official Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty minted coin, meant for general circulation, but which was immediately considered to have the powers of a charm.  In the year 1713 AD, to celebrate the 60th birthday of Emperor Sheng Zu (Kang Xi), this special issue kang xi tong bao (康熙通宝) coin was cast with a bronze of a golden color.  A 60th birthday is considered a major event in China.  In honor of this milestone, the Chinese character xi (熙), which is located below the square hole, was written slightly differently.  The character would normally have a vertical line at its left.  Also, the part of the character normally written as (臣) has the center written as a (口) instead.  Finally, the upper left part of the tong (通) character, located to the right of the square hole, has only one dot instead of the usual two.
Reference : http://primaltrek.com/charmfeatures.html
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