Fukien province maintained its own mint well into the Republican period, operating with considerable autonomy from the central Beiyang government in Beijing. The 1913 date places this piece in the chaotic first years after the Qing abdication, when provincial authorities continued striking silver on their own terms rather than waiting for a unified national coinage policy that, practically speaking, never fully materialized.
The Y382 designation in Krause covers a type with known variation in dot and stroke details on the reverse characters — worth examining closely against reference plates.
Fukien province maintained its own mint well into the Republican period, operating with considerable autonomy from the central Beiyang government in Beijing. The 1913 date places this piece in the chaotic first years after the Qing abdication, when provincial authorities continued striking silver on their own terms rather than waiting for a unified national coinage policy that, practically speaking, never fully materialized.
The Y382 designation in Krause covers a type with known variation in dot and stroke details on the reverse characters — worth examining closely against reference plates.