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1/2 Jiao - Guangxu
| Issuer | Fengtien Province |
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| Year | 1899 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese/Manchu |
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| Reverse lettering | 造省天奉年五十二緒光 (Translation: Made in Fengtian Province in Year 25 of Guangxu) |
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Fengtien (Fengtian) Province operated its own mint at Mukden — modern Shenyang — under the late Qing administration of Manchuria, issuing silver coinage largely to stabilize commerce in a region under increasing pressure from both Russian and Japanese imperial ambitions. The half-jiao denomination was the smallest silver unit in the provincial series, struck in very limited quantities. Surviving examples in any grade are scarce; the denomination saw little demand relative to larger silver, and the Mukden mint's output was modest compared to the major coastal provincial facilities.