Displays large Chinese characters which depict “Kuang Hsu Yuan Pao” which means Valuable Coin (from the) Kuang Hsu (regime). In the exact center are found four Manchu characters which denote the same information. The upper legend states “Kwang-Tung Province” and the lower legend provides the weight, 7 Mace And 3 Candareens, which also provides its value of 1 Dollar when converted to the Tael system
Obverse lettering
KWANG TUNG PROVINCE
光緒通寶
* 7 MACE AND 3 CANDAREENS *
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, regular script),
Latin
Reverse description
Depicts an imperial flying dragon in the center with a fiery pearl along with Chinese characters surrounding the design.
Reverse lettering
廣東省造
庫平七錢三分 (Translation: Made in Guangdong Province Kuping 7 Mace and 3 Candareens)
