1 Yuan - Guangxu Eight characters

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.