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1 Jiao / 10 Cents
| Issuer | Kwangsi Province |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central field bearing four large Chinese characters arranged vertically, reading top to bottom and right to left, denoting the denomination and metal. These central characters are enclosed within an inner legend comprising additional Chinese ideograms that encircle the design, indicating the issuing province (Kwangsi), the coin's value in jiao, and the regnal year of the Chinese Republic. The overall layout follows a traditional Chinese numismatic convention, with all inscriptions executed in a clean, upright clerical style against a plain field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 年九國民華中 壹 幣銀 毫 造省西廣 (Translation: Year 9 of the Republic of China 1 Jiao / Silver coin Made in Kwangsi Province) |
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Kwangsi (Guangxi) maintained its own provincial mint despite chronic instability — the province changed military hands repeatedly during the warlord period, and coins issued under nominal Republican authority often reflected little actual central government control. This 10 Cent piece dates to a moment when the Guangzhou-based revolutionary movement and northern Beiyang government were simultaneously claiming legitimacy over southern provinces, leaving Kwangsi's administration in a functionally autonomous position.
The Y#414 type is notably light even by the reduced provincial silver standards of the period, a consequence of deliberate fineness adjustments that plagued southern mint output after 1917.