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1 Yuan - Guangxu Pattern, aluminium
| Issuer | Fengtien Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged vertically and read top to bottom, right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire central device is encircled by a border of additional Chinese ideograms denoting the provincial authority, reign title, and denomination. The inscription references Fengtien Province, the Guangxu Emperor, and the weight standard of 7 mace and 2 candareens. A beaded border runs along the outer rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fengtien's 1902 aluminium pattern issues were experimental strikes almost certainly connected to the broader push by provincial mints to modernize coinage infrastructure in the final decade of Qing rule. Aluminium was being evaluated by several Chinese mints around this period as a cheaper alternative to silver and copper for subsidiary or token coinage — a conversation happening simultaneously in Europe and Japan. Whether this piece was struck at the Fengtien Arsenal mint or sent abroad for trial production remains a matter of collector debate.
Patterns of this type rarely escaped official hands, which accounts for their extreme rarity today.