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1 Cash - Guangxu
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1903-1912) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a square-holed cash coin motif enclosed within a beaded inner circle, evoking traditional cast coinage. Surrounding this central device, six large Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged symmetrically across the field: 光緒 (Guangxu, the reign title) at the top, 戊申 (the cyclical year designation for 1908) flanking the centre, and 一文 (one cash/wen) at the bottom. The mintmark character specific to the issuing mint appears to the left of the central device. The overall design is unframed, with legends filling the open field in a bold, well-spaced arrangement characteristic of late Qing milled coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 45 (1908) 河 - 申戊: Y#7 g: Honan Mint - 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#7k: Kiangnan Mint (bottom horizontal of mintmark extending past verticals) - 25,450,000 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#7k.1: Kiangnan Mint (bottom horizontal of mintmark not extending past verticals) - 45 (1908) 直 - 申戊: Y#7c: Chihli Mint - 45 (1908) 緒 - 申戊: Y#7: Tienstin Central Mint - 45 (1908) 鄂 - 申戊: Y#7j: Hupeh Mint (small mintmark) - 45 (1908) 鄂 - 申戊: Y#7j.1: Hupeh Mint (large mintmark) - 45 (1908) 閩 - 申戊: Y#7f: Fukien Mint - |
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