10 Cash - Xuantong Without minting authority

€26,115.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1909-1911
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value10 Cash (0.01)
CurrencyYuan (1903-1912)
CompositionCopper
Weight7.42 g
Dimensions28 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#20
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 酉己 大 幣銅 清 文十錢制當
(Translation: Xuantong (Emperor) / Made in the Year 46 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造年統宣 TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN.
(Translation: Made in the reign of Xuantong (Emperor) Copper coin of the Great Qing Empire)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage46 (1909)  - 酉己: Y#20: Central Tientsin Mint (KUO spelled KUO) -
46 (1909)  - 酉己: Y#20.1: Manchurian Mint (KUO spelled KVO; struck in the Manchurian provinces) -
46 (1909) 吉 - 酉己: Y#20p.3: Kirin Mint (reverse of Y#20.1; mule) -
46 (1909) 奉 - 酉己: Y#20e: Fengtien Mint -
46 (1909) 晥 - 酉己: Y#20a: Anhwei Mint (without dot after COIN) -
46 (1909) 晥 - 酉己: Y#20a.1: Anhwei Mint (with dot after COIN) -
46 (1909) 汴 - 酉己: Y#20 g: Honan Mint -
46 (1909) 粵 - 酉己: Y#20r: Kwangtung Mint -
46 (1909) 閩 - 酉己: Y#20f: Fukien Mint -
48 (1911) 汴 - 亥辛: Y#20 g: Honan Mint -
Catalog ID2895995840
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