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1 Yuan - Guangxu Pei Yang
| Issuer | Pei Yang Arsenal Mint, Chihli Province |
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| Year | 1899-1908 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1896-1940) |
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| Obverse lettering | 造洋北 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 分二錢七平库 (Translation: Made at Pei Yang Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 7 Mace and 2 Candareens (weight)) |
| Reverse description | A boldly rendered Chinese imperial dragon occupies the central field, depicted in high relief with its sinuous body coiling dynamically, clutching a flaming pearl beneath its chest, its scaled form surrounded by stylized clouds and flames. The dragon's fierce frontal-facing head displays prominent horns, whiskers, and open jaws, rendered in the naturalistic late Qing provincial style. A circular Latin legend surrounds the motif, separated from the beaded border by a plain inner ring. Two small rosette ornaments flank the lower legend. The overall design is characteristic of the Pei Yang Arsenal Mint's mechanical striking technique. |
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| Mintage | 25 (1899) - Y#73 - 1,560,000 26 (1900) - Y#73 - 29 (1903) - Y#73: Without period after YANG - 22,018,000 29 (1903) - Y#73.1: With period after YANG - 33 (1907) - Y#73.2 - 2,341,000 34 (1908) - Y#73.2 - 34 (1908) - Y#73.3: Short tail variety (restrike under the Republic of China) - 34 (1908) - Y#73.4: Crosslet 4 in date (restrike under the Republic of China) - |
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