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1 Jiao / 10 Cents
| Issuer | Kwangtung Province |
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| Year | 1913-1922 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 年一十國民華中 壹 幣銀 毫 造省東廣 (Translation: Year 11 of the Republic of China 1 Jiao / Silver Coin Made in Kwangtung Province) |
| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' dominates the central field, rendered in bold relief with fine engine-turned interior detailing on each digit. The inscription 'KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE' arcs across the upper periphery in Latin capitals, while 'TEN CENTS' curves along the lower periphery, the two legends separated by small rosette ornaments at each side. An inner dotted border circle frames the central numeral, set off from the outer milled rim, giving the design a clean, concentric layout typical of early Republican Chinese provincial coinage. |
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Kwangtung (Guangdong) maintained its own provincial mint through the warlord period largely because the central government in Beijing never exercised meaningful fiscal control over the south. The province had been striking its own silver since the 1880s under Zhang Zhidong, and that institutional inertia carried straight through the early Republic. This small denomination was the workhorse of daily market transactions in Canton during a decade when the yuan itself was politically contested.