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1 Yuan - Guangxu Pattern, silver-plated copper
| Issuer | Chekiang Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省江浙 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 分二錢七平庫 (Translation: Made in Chekiang Province Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 7 Mace and 2 Candareens (weight)) |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed five-clawed imperial dragon rendered in high relief occupies the central field, shown in a writhing posture with head facing forward and a flaming pearl beneath its body, set above stylized waves at the base. Auspicious cloud formations flank the dragon on either side. The circumferential English legend reads 'CHE-KIANG PROVINCE' along the upper arc and '7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS' along the lower arc, separated by the numeral '7' at the left. The entire design is bordered by an inner beaded ring and an outer reeded rim, consistent with provincial dragon dollar coinage of the late Qing period. |
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Chekiang Province was among the earliest regional mints to experiment with mechanized coinage under the Qing reforms of the late nineteenth century, and pattern production there was often erratic — short runs struck in alternative compositions to test dies or satisfy official inspection requirements. This piece, copper with silver plating rather than solid silver, almost certainly falls into that administrative category: a submission piece or die trial rather than anything intended for circulation.
The KM#Pn7 variety designation signals meaningful divergence from the primary pattern type, though the exact point of difference is not always consistently documented across references.