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1 Yuan - Xuantong
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1909-1911 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A coiled imperial dragon, rendered in high relief with fine scale detail and prominent claws, occupies the central field, its body encircling a flaming pearl at centre. The dragon's head faces forward with an open mouth, and its spine and dorsal fins are depicted in bold relief; two variants exist — one with large spines and one with small spines. Scattered flame and cloud scrolls fill the field around the creature. The outer legend, separated from the design by a plain inner border, reads SZECHUEN PROVINCE along the upper arc and 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS along the lower arc in raised Latin letters. Small decorative rosette or dot stops flank the legend at the sides. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Szechuan Province operated its own mint at Chengdu largely because Beijing's central mints could not reliably supply coinage to a region that size — the logistical and political distance from the capital was simply too great. This issue falls within the three-year reign of the Xuantong Emperor, the child Puyi, during which the Qing dynasty was visibly unraveling. The 1911 Wuchang Uprising began in October of that year, and provincial mints like Chengdu continued striking into the transition period with little coordination from a collapsing central authority.
The silver fineness of .820 is notably lower than the contemporaneous central government dollars, a discrepancy that generated persistent friction in cross-provincial trade.