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1 Yuan - Guangxu Eight characters, pattern

Issuer Anhwei Provincial Mint
Year 1897
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Currency Yuan (1897-1949)
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Obverse script Chinese, Manchu
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Reverse description Central device depicts a finely detailed coiled five-clawed imperial dragon facing the viewer, rendered in high relief with scaled body, flaming mane, and outstretched claws. The dragon clutches a flaming pearl beneath its body, surrounded by stylized clouds. Two small rosette ornaments flank the dragon at the left and right of the field. The surrounding legend reads AN-HWEI PROVINCE at the top and 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS at the bottom in raised Latin characters, all within a beaded border.
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Mintage 23 (1897) - 年三十二
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