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1 Jiao Pattern, 'Fat Man dollar' type, silver, with L.G.
| Issuer | Republic of China |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the large denomination character 壹 (one) above 角 (jiao), flanked symmetrically by two leafy olive or grain wreaths tied at the base. Above the wreath, a five-character legend reads 每枚當一圓 (10 pieces for 1 Yuan), with the characters distributed across the upper arc. The design is contained within a beaded border, consistent with the pattern coinage style of the period. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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The "Fat Man dollar" series takes its nickname from Yuan Shikai's portrait, struck in 1914 as the newly proclaimed president moved to standardize Chinese coinage under the reorganized Republic. This 1 Jiao pattern is a trial piece — never approved for general circulation — and the "L.G." attribution refers to Luigi Giorgi, the Italian engraver at the Tientsin Mint responsible for cutting the dies. Giorgi's involvement was itself a product of the foreign technical dependence that characterized Chinese minting in this period.
Kann 659a distinguishes this piece from closely related pattern variants by die characteristics that remain a point of collector dispute.