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1 Yuan - Guangxu Eight characters
| Issuer | Chekiang Province |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged vertically in two columns, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire composition is encircled by a border of additional Chinese ideograms forming the mint and reign-title legend, reading 'Made in Chekiang Province in Year 23 of Guangxu' and 'Yuanbao worth 7 Mace and 2 Candareens.' The overall design is executed in high relief with a beaded border at the rim. |
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| Reverse description | A sinuous Chinese dragon with detailed scaled body, depicted in high relief at centre, facing forward with a flaming pearl beneath its head. The dragon's claws and undulating tail fill the field, rendered in the classic Qing dynasty style. A circular English legend surrounds the design along the periphery, separated from the dragon by a beaded inner border, with two rosette or floral ornaments flanking the legend breaks. The outer rim features a continuous beaded border. |
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Chekiang Province struck this dollar-sized yuan in 1897 under authority granted to provincial mints during the late Qing reform of the currency system — a decentralized approach that produced significant variation in quality and alloy consistency between provinces. Chekiang's mint at Hangzhou was among the less prolific of the provincial operations, making surviving examples substantially rarer than contemporaneous output from Kwangtung or Hupeh.
The "eight characters" designation distinguishes this type from later Chekiang issues by the specific Manchu and Chinese inscription arrangement. Y#56 is notably scarce in any grade above Fine.