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1 Chiao - Puyi Kangde - Cu-Ni pattern
| Issuer | Manchukuo |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#Pn4 |
| Obverse description | Central field features a large numeral '10' set within a stylized crescent-shaped outline with a vertically lined background, evoking the form used on Fundo weight specimens. A beaded border frames the entire design. The surrounding legend in Chinese characters reads '大滿洲國' (Great Manchukuo) at the top, with '•本• 見•' flanking the central device at mid-height, and '康德九年' (Kangde Year 9) at the bottom, indicating the reign year of Emperor Puyi. The overall layout is symmetrical and formally composed in the manner of an official pattern or specimen piece. |
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| Mintage | 9 (1942) - Specimen |
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By 1942, Manchukuo's copper-nickel coinage was already being abandoned in favor of cheaper aluminum and red fiber issues — wartime metal demands had gutted the alloy supply chain feeding the Hsinking mint. This piece was struck as a pattern, never approved for circulation. The timing is telling: Japan's Pacific commitments made retooling for a new Cu-Ni type an expenditure the puppet regime could not justify.
Puyi's Kangde reign designation ran from 1934 to 1945, the year Soviet forces swept through Manchuria and the entire monetary apparatus of the state collapsed within days.