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10 Cash - Guangxu Brass
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1903-1905 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省川四 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 光 寶 元 緒 十當 (Translation: Made in Szechuan Province Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 10 (Cash)) |
| Reverse description | A coiled Imperial Chinese dragon, rendered in high relief with fine scale detail, occupies the central field, its body curling around a flaming pearl. The dragon faces left with an open mouth and is surrounded by stylised clouds and flames. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the English legend SZE CHUEN at the top and 10 CASH at the bottom within the outer border. The reverse follows the standard Qing provincial dragon type adapted for machine-struck cash coinage of the Guangxu era. |
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Szechuan's brass 10 cash pieces from this period emerged from the province's effort to operate its own modern steam-powered mint at Chengdu, established in the early 1900s as part of the Qing dynasty's broader push to mechanize provincial coinage. Szechuan was geographically isolated enough that its mint operated with considerable autonomy, producing a bewildering range of die varieties — the Y#229 series alone spans multiple numbered sub-types reflecting punch and die substitutions made without central authorization from the Board of Revenue in Beijing.
Brass rather than the more common copper alloy appears to have resulted from inconsistent raw material sourcing at Chengdu.