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1 Chiao - Puyi Kangde - Silver pattern
| Issuer | Manchukuo |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 1 Jiao (0.1) |
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| Obverse lettering | 國 洲 滿 大 • 本 10 見 • 年 九 德 康 (Translation: Great Manchukuo • Sample 10 • Year 9 of Kangde) |
| Reverse description | A Manchukuo Imperial chrysanthemum seal is centered at the top of the field, above two symmetrical stalks of rice that curve outward and downward to form an open wreath. Within the wreath, the denomination '壹角' (one jiao) is inscribed vertically in two large characters, flanked by the specimen notations '見' (sample) to the right and '本' (specimen) to the left. A ribbon or tie motif binds the base of the wreath. A beaded border encircles the entire reverse design. |
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Manchukuo's coin production by 1942 was almost entirely in base metals — aluminium and red composition alloys — as wartime Japan stripped the puppet state of any meaningful precious metal reserves for the broader Pacific war effort. This silver pattern exists precisely because someone in the minting hierarchy, almost certainly at the Osaka Mint which oversaw Manchukuo coinage, produced presentation-quality pieces in silver for official approval or archival purposes, while the circulating issue went out in aluminium. The approved circulating version of this type is common; the pattern is not.