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1 Yuan
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1912-1913 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a large Chinese character rendered in archaic Seal script (篆書), enclosed within a ring of small decorative circles or pellets forming an inner border. Above the central character, a horizontal legend in regular Chinese script reads the date and republic era designation. The overall design is geometric and formal, reflecting the transitional numismatic style of early Republican China. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform or vertical reading sequence, right to left and top to bottom, surrounding a central floral ornament or rosette motif. A circular legend in Chinese characters runs along the periphery, identifying the issuing province, its military government authority, the metal denomination, and face value. The composition follows a formal symmetrical layout typical of early Republican provincial coinage. |
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Szechuan was among the first provinces to declare independence from the Qing dynasty in late 1911, and its revolutionary government moved quickly to establish a distinct monetary identity. The provincial mint in Chengdu had already been modernized under Qing administration, which allowed rapid retooling for republican coinage. Output was substantial but the political window was narrow — by 1913, Yuan Shikai's central government was aggressively consolidating monetary authority across the provinces, and independent provincial silver production of this kind was effectively curtailed within a few years.
Examples that circulated heavily in the Sichuan basin show a distinctive wear pattern along the highest relief points, a consequence of the relatively soft silver alloy used at Chengdu versus contemporary issues from coastal mints.