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1 Yuan - Guangxu Circled dragon
| Issuer | Kiangnan Province |
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| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省南江 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 分二錢七平库 (Translation: Made in Kiangnan Province Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) 7 Mace and 2 Candareens (weight)) |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Kiangnan's 1898 dollar occupies an awkward position in Chinese provincial coinage — it was a pattern issue, never authorized for general circulation, produced at the Kiangnan Arsenal mint during the province's earliest experiments with Western-style milled coinage. The arsenal had only recently installed modern machinery, and these early strikes reflect the technical learning curve: die alignment and pressure were inconsistent across surviving pieces.
The KM#Pn1 designation confirms pattern status. Fewer than a handful of confirmed examples are known.