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10 Cash - Guangxu Eight-petalled flower at centre, uncircled dragon
| Issuer | Hupeh Province |
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| Year | 1902-1905 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an eight-petalled 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 legend above and below. The overall composition is presented without an enclosing circle, giving the inscription an open, symmetrical layout typical of late Qing provincial copper cash issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hupeh was among the most prolific of the provincial mints during the late Qing machine-coinage era, and its 10 Cash output was staggering — overproduction so chronic that Beijing repeatedly pressured the viceroy to curtail striking. The eight-petalled flower variety emerged from a period of die experimentation at Wuchang, where engravers were adjusting central decorative elements across successive runs, producing the cluster of sub-varieties cataloged under Y#120.
The uncircled dragon distinguishes this from the bordered issues and appears on earlier die states. Wuchang mint's copper coinage was frequently debased in practice, with actual weights drifting well below nominal specifications as supervisors skimmed metal.