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10 Cash / 1 Cen - Guangxu
| Issuer | Anhwei Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Value | 10 Cash (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays large Chinese characters arranged within a central field, reading 'Guangxu Yuanbao' (光緒元寶), denoting the reign title of the Guangxu Emperor and the term for original currency. Manchu script flanks the central characters, identifying the Boo-an (An-hwei) Mint. The upper peripheral legend in Chinese reads 'An-hwei Province' (安徽省造), while the lower legend reads 'Each ten cash currency is one unit' (每元制錢十文). The entire design is framed by an inner beaded border and an outer beaded border, with decorative rosettes punctuating the lower peripheral legend. |
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| Mintage | 1902: ND (1902) |
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Anhwei Province was among the earliest interior provinces to establish a modern steam-powered mint, opened at Anqing in 1897 under viceroy-level pressure from the Qing court to reduce dependence on coastal minting facilities. The province's output was notoriously inconsistent in the early years — die preparation was irregular and planchet quality varied batch to batch — making Y#34 pieces a reliable indicator of those teething problems in practice.
The Anqing mint closed in 1906 when the Board of Revenue consolidated provincial copper cash production under fewer, larger facilities.