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1 Yuan - Guangxu Pattern, circled dragon, silver
| Issuer | Kiangnan Province |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform reading top to bottom, right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire composition is encircled by an outer band of additional Chinese ideograms forming the provincial and reign-era legends. The inscription identifies the issuing province, the Guangxu Emperor's reign title, and the denomination expressed as 7 Mace and 2 Candareens. The layout is formal and symmetrical, typical of late Qing dynasty coinage design conventions. |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed coiled five-clawed Imperial dragon occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with finely engraved scales, flames, and whiskers. The dragon faces forward with bulging eyes and an open mouth, its sinuous body encircling a flaming pearl at the lower centre. Two six-pointed rosette ornaments flank the dragon at the mid-field. The surrounding legend, separated from the dragon by a plain inner border, reads in Latin script along the upper and lower periphery. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded outer border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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