10 Cash - Guangxu Without minting authority, brass

€242,552.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1907
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value10 Cash (0.01)
CurrencyYuan (1903-1912)
CompositionBrass
Weight7 g
Dimensions28 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#10a
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left, with Manchu characters above and more ideograms around.
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Obverse letteringᡤᡝᡥᡠᠩᡤᡝ ᠶᠣᠰᠣ ᡳ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᡥᡝ 未丁 大 幣銅 清 文十錢制當
(Translation: Guangxu (Emperor) / Made in the Year 44 Great Qing`s copper currency Currency worth 10 Cash (Wen))
Reverse descriptionDragon with pearl at centre with Chinese ideograms above and English legend below.
Reverse scriptChinese (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)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage44 (1907)  - 未丁: Y#10.4a: Tientsin Central Mint (without four dots dividing legend) -
44 (1907)  - 未丁: Y#10.5a: Tientsin Central Mint (with four dots dividing legend) -
Catalog ID5425875720
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