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1 Jiao - Xuantong
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1911 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 年三統宣 大 幣銀 清 圓一換枚十 (Translation: Year 3 of Xuantong Great Qing`s silver currency 10 pieces in 1 Yuan) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1 Jiao struck in the final year of the Qing dynasty was issued just months before the Wuchang Uprising of October 1911 toppled the imperial government entirely. Xuantong — the reign name of the child emperor Puyi, then six years old — had barely three years of nominal rule behind him when the dynasty collapsed. Coins bearing his reign title circulated into a republic that had no interest in honoring them.
The Kann#230 attribution places this among the better-documented late Qing provincial issues, though die alignment and strike quality vary enough between surviving examples to suggest inconsistent production pressure at the Tianjin mint.