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10 Cash 3rd issue, ornate flag, brass
| Issuer | Republic of China |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | Central design features two crossed flags tied at the staff with an ornate ribbon bow: the left flag bearing a sunburst emblem with radiating spokes and the right flag displaying a striped field, both rendered in fine relief within a beaded inner border. The legend 中華銅幣 (Chinese copper coin) runs along the upper periphery in traditional Chinese characters, while the denomination inscription 當十文制錢 (equivalent to ten cash) appears along the lower periphery. The overall composition is framed between the beaded circle and the milled outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Republic of China's cash coinage of this period was produced against a backdrop of profound institutional instability — the Beiyang government nominally controlled Beijing, but provincial mints operated with considerable autonomy, and attributing specific strikes to specific facilities remains contested. The "3rd issue" designation reflects successive design revisions made as the young republic struggled to standardize a national coinage while managing competing military and political factions.
The Y#307b brass variety is distinguished from contemporaneous copper strikes by composition alone, suggesting either a deliberate alloy substitution at the mint level or opportunistic use of available stock during a period of metal supply disruption.