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1 Yuan - Guangxu Pattern, silver
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform reading top to bottom and right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire arrangement is encircled by an outer ring of additional Chinese ideograms denoting the reign title Guangxu, the denomination Yuanbao, and the issuing province. The inscription records the value as 7 Mace and 2 Candareens and identifies the coin as produced in Szechuan Province. The design is rendered in high relief with a beaded border at the rim. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed imperial Chinese dragon occupies the central field, depicted in high relief facing forward with scales rendered with great precision, its sinuous body coiling amid clouds and stylised flames. The dragon clutches a flaming pearl beneath its chin. Above the dragon, the legend SZECHUEN PROVINCE arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS is inscribed along the lower arc. Two small rosette or six-pointed star ornaments serve as separators between the legend elements at the sides. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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