1 Yuan - Guangxu Pattern, silver

€297,031.00
IssuerSzechuan Province
Year1897
TypePattern
Value1 Yuan
CurrencyYuan (1897-1949)
CompositionSilver
Weight
Dimensions39 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Charles Edward Barber
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#Pn15 var.
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left with Manchu characters in the centre, all surrounded by more Chinese ideograms.
Obverse scriptChinese, Mongolian / Manchu
Obverse lettering造省川四 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 分二錢七平库
(Translation: Made in Szechuan Province Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 7 Mace and 2 Candareens (weight))
Reverse descriptionDragon with pearl at centre surrounded by English legend.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringSZECHUEN PROVINCE 7 MACE 2 CANDAREENS
EdgeReeded.
Mint
MintageND (1897)  - -
Catalog ID1529576010
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