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1 Yuan Pattern, 'Junk dollar', without sun and birds, copper, uniface, type 2

€2.00
IssuerRepublic of China
Year1934
TypeCoin pattern
Value1 Yuan = 1 Dollar
CurrencyYuan (1912-1948)
CompositionCopper
Weight
Dimensions39 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Kann#624x var.
Obverse descriptionBlank (uniface).
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse descriptionTwo-masted ship (a junk) sailing right with one Chinese ideogram on either side.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering圓壹
(Translation: 1 Yuan)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1934)  - -
Catalog ID6663496000
CommentsVan Gelder doubts the validity of these coins of Schoonhoven, because of the short duration of the siege. He only considers the 12 and 6 stuiver as reliable.