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1 Yuan - Guangxu Pattern, brass
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省川四 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 分二錢七平库 (Translation: Made in Szechuan Province Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 7 Mace and 2 Candareens (weight)) |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed Qing imperial dragon occupies the central field, depicted in high relief with a frontal facing head, scaly serpentine body coiled in dynamic fashion, and clawed feet extended among stylized clouds and flames. The dragon clutches a flaming pearl at centre. The circumferential English legend is divided between the upper arc reading 'SZECHUEN PROVINCE' and the lower arc reading '7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS', each separated by small five-pointed star stops. The outer edge is bordered by a continuous beaded rim. |
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Szechuan Province's 1897 yuan patterns were produced as part of the broader push by provincial authorities to establish local minting operations using imported European presses — Szechuan being one of the more aggressive provincial actors in that scramble. Pattern strikes in brass typically indicate a composition trial rather than a circulation proposal; the intended issue was always silver. The Kann 145y attribution places this among a cluster of off-metal restrikes and trials whose precise mint origin — whether Chengdu or a foreign proof facility — remains disputed among specialists.