| Issuer | Empire of China |
| Year | 1905-1908 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 10 Cash (0.01) |
| Currency | Yuan (1903-1912) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 6.81 g |
| Dimensions | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Y#10 |
| Obverse description | Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left, with Manchu characters above and more ideograms around. |
| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu |
| Obverse lettering | 午 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᠷᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᠷᠣ ᡳ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᡥᡝ
丙
部戶
大
幣銅
清
文十錢制當 (Translation: Guangxu (Emperor) / Made in the Year 43 Ministry of Revenue (minting authority) Great Qing`s copper currency Currency worth 10 Cash (Wen)) |
| Reverse description | Dragon with pearl at centre with Chinese ideograms above and English legend below. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 造年緒光
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN (Translation: Made in the reign of Guangxu (Emperor) Copper coin of the Great Qing Empire) |
| Edge | Smooth. |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 42 (1905) - 巳乙: Y#10: Tientsin Central Mint (pearl with thin flames) - 42 (1905) - 巳乙: Y#10.1: Tientsin Central Mint (pearl with thick flames) - 43 (1906) - 午丙: Y#10.2: Tientsin Central Mint - 43 (1906) 奉 - 午丙: Y#10e: Fengtien Mint (Small pearl) - 43 (1906) 奉 - 午丙: Y#10e.1: Fengtien Mint (Large pearl) - 43 (1906) 川 - 午丙: Y#10t: Szechuan Mint - 337 748 000 43 (1906) 晥 - 午丙: Y#10a: Anhwei Mint (large mintmark) - 43 (1906) 晥 - 午丙: Y#10a.1: Anhwei Mint (small mintmark) - 43 (1906) 晥 - 午丙: Y#10a.2: Anhwei Mint (small mintmark; with cloud near dragon`s foot like a 3) - 43 (1906) 東 - 午丙: Y#10s.1: Shantung Mint (with 6 waves below dragon) - 43 (1906) 東 - 午丙: Y#10s.1a: Shantung Mint (with 5 waves below dragon) - 43 (1906) 東 - 午丙: Y#10s.2a: Shantung Mint (with redesigned dragon face and pearl) - 43 (1906) 汴 - 午丙: Y#10 g: Honan Mint (with dot after COIN) - 132 000 000 43 (1906) 汴 - 午丙: Y#10 g.1: Honan Mint (with dot after COPPER) - 43 (1906) 浙 - 午丙: Y#10b: Chekiang Mint (KUO spelled KIIO) - 43 (1906) 浙 - 午丙: Y#10b.1: Chekiang Mint (KUO spelled KUO) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d: Chingkiang Mint (small mintmark in relief without disc; pearl with 5 flames) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d.1: Chingkiang Mint (small mintmark in relief without disc; pearl with 7 flames) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d.2: Chingkiang Mint (small mintmark in relief without disc; pearl with 9 flames) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d.3: Chingkiang Mint (large mintmark in relief without disc; pearl with 5 flames) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d.4: Chingkiang Mint (large mintmark in relief without disc; pearl with 7 flames) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d.5: Chingkiang Mint (large mintmark in relief without disc; pearl with 9 flames) - 43 (1906) 淮 - 午丙: Y#10d.6: Chingkiang Mint (mintmark incuse on disc) - 43 (1906) 湘 - 午丙: Y#10h: Hunan Mint (top of Hu connected) - 43 (1906) 湘 - 午丙: Y#10h.1: Hunan Mint (top of Hu disconnected; pearl with seven flames; dots between upper characters) - 43 (1906) 湘 - 午丙: Y#10h.2: Hunan Mint (top of Hu disconnected; pearl with seven flames; smooth pearl) - 43 (1906) 湘 - 午丙: Y#10h.3: Hunan Mint (top of Hu disconnected; pearl with seven flames; spiky pearl) - 43 (1906) 湘 - 午丙: Y#10h.4: Hunan Mint (pearl with four flames) - 43 (1906) 滇 - 午丙: Y#10v: Yunnan Mint - 43 (1906) 滇川 - 午丙: Y#10w: Yunnan-Szechuan Mint - 43 (1906) 甯 - 午丙: Y#10k: Kiangnan Mint (mintmark in relief on disc; dragon with eyes incuse) - 504 800 000 43 (1906) 甯 - 午丙: Y#10k.1: Kiangnan Mint (mintmark in relief on disc; dragon with eyes in relief) - 43 (1906) 甯 - 午丙: Y#10k.2: Kiangnan Mint (mintmark in relief without disc; dragon with wide face) - 43 (1906) 甯 - 午丙: Y#10k.3: Kiangnan Mint (mintmark in relief without disc; dragon with narrow face) - 43 (1906) 甯 - 午丙: Y#10k.4: Kiangnan Mint (mintmark incuse on disc) - 43 (1906) 直 - 午丙: Y#10c: Chihli Mint - 43 (1906) 粵 - 午丙: Y#10r: Kwangtung Mint - 79 000 000 43 (1906) 蘇 - 午丙: Y#10n: Kiangsu Mint (mintmark incuse on disc; smooth edge) - 43 (1906) 蘇 - 午丙: Y#10n.1: Kiangsu Mint (mintmark incuse on disc; reeded edge) - 43 (1906) 蘇 - 午丙: Y#10n.2: Kiangsu Mint (mintmark in relief without disc) - 43 (1906) 贛 - 午丙: Y#10m: Kiangsi Mint (dragon`s eyes in relief) - 43 (1906) 贛 - 午丙: Y#10m.1: Kiangsi Mint (dragon`s eyes incuse) - 43 (1906) 贛 - 午丙: Y#10m.2: Kiangsi Mint (small, skinny clouds under dragon) - 43 (1906) 鄂 - 午丙: Y#10j: Hupeh Mint - 1 865 558 000 43 (1906) 閩 - 午丙: Y#10f: Fukien Mint - 43 (1906) 雲 - 午丙: Y#10u: Yunnan Mint (large mintmark) - 36 701 000 43 (1906) 雲 - 午丙: Y#10u.1: Yunnan Mint (small mintmark) - 44 (1907) 甯 - 未丁: Y#10k.5: Kiangnan Mint (pearl with 7 flames) - 552 000 000 44 (1907) 甯 - 未丁: Y#10k.6: Kiangnan Mint (pearl with 5 flames; dot after COIN) - 44 (1907) 甯 - 未丁: Y#10k.7: Kiangnan Mint (pearl with 5 flames; dot after COIN; KUO spelled KIIO) - 44 (1907) 甯 - 未丁: Y#10k.8: Kiangnan Mint (pearl with 5 flames; dash after COIN) - 44 (1907) 甯 - 未丁: Y#10k.9: Kiangnan Mint (pearl with 5 flames; nothing after COIN; square-mouthed dragon) - 44 (1907) 甯 - 未丁: Y#10k.9a: Kiangnan Mint (pearl with 5 flames; nothing after COIN; flat-faced dragon) - 44 (1907) 粵 - 未丁: Y#10r: Kwangtung Mint - 46 000 000 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#10k.10: Kiangnan Mint (dot after COIN) - 442 750 000 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#10k.12: Kiangnan Mint (dash after COIN) - 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#10k.13/14: Kiangnan Mint (nothing after COIN; KUO spelled KIIO)(nothing after COIN; KUO spelled KIIO) - 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#10k.14var: Kiangnan Mint (nothing after COIN; KUO spelled KIIO; double-die obverse) - 45 (1908) 甯 - 申戊: Y#10k.15: Kiangnan Mint (nothing after COIN; KUO spelled KUO) - 45 (1908) 粵 - 申戊: Y#10r: Kwangtung Mint - 62 736 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5306282140 |
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