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10 Cash - Guangxu Eight-petalled flower at centre, circled dragon
| Issuer | Hupeh Province |
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| Year | 1902-1905 |
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| Value | 10 Cash (0.010) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a decorative eight-petalled floral rosette, flanked on either side by Manchu script characters. Four large Chinese ideograms are arranged in a cruciform pattern reading top to bottom and right to left around the central rosette, with additional Chinese inscriptions above and below denoting the reign title and denomination. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border and an outer milled rim, reflecting the provincial machine-struck coinage style of late Qing dynasty China. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a sinuous Imperial Chinese dragon in high relief, coiling around a flaming pearl at the centre, rendered with fine scale and cloud detail characteristic of late Qing provincial coinage. The dragon is surrounded by a beaded inner border, with a Latin legend reading 'HU-PEH PROVINCE' arcing across the upper field and 'TEN CASH' positioned along the lower field. Small decorative stars or rosettes flank the denomination inscription. The design is contained within an outer beaded border and milled rim. |
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Hupeh was among the first provincial mints to adopt steam-powered coinage machinery, with the Wuchang mint receiving British-supplied equipment in the 1890s. The 10 Cash denominations struck there during the Guangxu reign fed an enormous regional demand — Hupeh's position at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers made it a commercial artery, and small copper coins turned over rapidly in its markets.
Y#120 is known across multiple die marriages, with variation in the dragon's scales and the spacing of the Manchu characters a reliable diagnostic between emissions across the 1902–1905 window.