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10 Cash - Guangxu Copper
| Issuer | Szechuan Province Mint |
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| Year | 1903-1905 |
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| Value | 10 Cash (0.01) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Manchu |
| 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)) |
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Szechuan was among the later provinces to establish a modern steam-powered mint, and its copper cash output in this period was partly a response to the central government's push to standardize machine-struck coinage across China following the success of the Guangdong mint. The province's relative geographic isolation — and the dominance of native bank notes locally — meant these coins circulated less aggressively than comparable issues from coastal provinces, which partly explains the survival rate in collectible condition.
The sheer number of Y# subvarieties catalogued for this type reflects genuine die variation across the 1903–1905 production window, not just collector hair-splitting.