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1 Jiao / 10 Cents Pattern, brass

Issuer Kwangsi Province
Year 1921
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Shape Round
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Obverse script Chinese
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Additional information

Kwangsi (Guangxi) was among the more turbulent of the southern provinces during the warlord period, and pattern issues from 1921 reflect a provincial administration testing monetary options it likely lacked the infrastructure to pursue. Whether this piece was struck in anticipation of an independent provincial mint or as a proposal submitted to a contracted facility elsewhere remains unresolved in the literature.

Y#414b distinguishes this brass striking from related copper and cupronickel pattern variants catalogued under the same base type — the brass composition itself suggests an exploratory comparison strike rather than a serious production candidate.

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