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1 Jiao - Guangxu Pei Yang Arsenal, type 1
| Issuer | Pei Yang Arsenal Mint |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Value | 1 Jiao (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears two large Chinese ideograms (大清, meaning 'Great Qing') flanked by Manchu script legends arranged vertically on either side. An outer ring of Chinese characters encircles the composition, recording the mint name (Bei Yang Arsenal), the reign title (Guangxu), and the regnal year (22nd year). The denomination '一角' (1 Jiao) appears at the base. The design is entirely typographic, with no figurative elements, rendered in a formal imperial style consistent with late Qing dynasty coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 清大 造局器械洋北 - 年二十二绪光 ᡩᠠᡳᠴᡳᠩ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ᠋ ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᡵᠣ ᡳ᠋ ᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠴᡳ ᠠᠨᡳᶠᠠ ᠠᠮᠠᡵᡤᡳ ᠨᠠᠮᡠ ᡳ᠋ ᡨᡝᡨᡠᠨ ᡧᡠᡵᡩᡝᡵᡝ ᡴᡡᠸᠠᡵᠠᠨ ᠸᡝᡳᡵᡝᡥᡝ 一 角 (Translation: Great Qing, Bei Yang Arsenal Mint, Year 22 of Guangxu, 1 Jiao) |
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The Pei Yang Arsenal at Tianjin was established primarily as a weapons manufactory, not a mint — its coin production in the 1890s was essentially a stopgap measure while the Beiyang government worked to rationalize China's chaotic provincial coinage system. The Guangxu-era Jiao issues from this facility are among the more technically inconsistent of the northern mints, a predictable consequence of machinery intended for munitions being pressed into numismatic service.
Y#62 distinguishes the Type 1 by specific rosette and border bead arrangements that differ from the later Type 2 — a distinction that matters considerably to specialists given the facility's short striking window.