Xuantong's third and final regnal year produced what became effectively the last imperial dollar of China. The Qing court had spent the preceding decade attempting to centralize and rationalize a chaotic provincial minting system, and this issue — struck at the Tientsin Central Mint — was part of that consolidation effort. The revolution came anyway. By October 1911, the Wuchang Uprising had begun, and within months the dynasty was finished.
Surviving examples frequently show signs of minimal circulation, the political collapse having interrupted normal distribution.
Xuantong's third and final regnal year produced what became effectively the last imperial dollar of China. The Qing court had spent the preceding decade attempting to centralize and rationalize a chaotic provincial minting system, and this issue — struck at the Tientsin Central Mint — was part of that consolidation effort. The revolution came anyway. By October 1911, the Wuchang Uprising had begun, and within months the dynasty was finished.
Surviving examples frequently show signs of minimal circulation, the political collapse having interrupted normal distribution.