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1 Yuan - Guangxu
| Issuer | Kirin Province |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a large yin-yang (taijitu) symbol enclosed within a beaded inner circle, flanked on either side by the principal inscription characters. Surrounding the central motif, Chinese characters are arranged in four quadrants reading 光緒元寶 (Guangxu Yuanbao) centrally and 吉林省造 (Made in Kirin Province) in the outer legend at top. The lower arc of the outer legend denotes the denomination 庫平七錢二分 (7 Mace and 2 Candareens), while the cyclical date 辛丑 (Xinzhou, corresponding to 1901) appears to the left. The entire design is bounded by a prominent outer ring of fine reeding and an inner dotted border, typical of late Qing provincial milled coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省林吉 丑辛 光 寶元 緒 分二錢七平庫 (Translation: Made in Kirin Province Year 38 Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 7 Mace and 2 Candareens (weight)) |
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Kirin Province operated one of the most administratively chaotic mints in late Qing China. The provincial authority had chronic difficulty sourcing consistent silver, and Kirin dollars from this period show measurable alloy variation across die marriages — Y#183a being a documented subtype distinguished from the base Y#183 by differences in the cloud formations above the dragon and minor character spacing in the Manchu legend. The 1900 date places this coin directly within the Boxer Uprising, when northern provincial finances were under severe strain from both Qing military expenditures and the eventual Allied indemnity obligations that followed.