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10 Cash - Guangxu Flower at centre, with year

Issuer Kiangsu Province
Year 1905
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Value 10 Cash (0.01)
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Obverse lettering 造省蘇江 巳乙 ᠪᠣᠣ ᠰᡠ 光 寶元 緒 文十錢當元毎
(Translation: Made in Kiangsu Province Year 42 Boo-su (mint) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Each piece worth 10 Cash)
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Kiangsu was among the most productive of the provincial mints during the late Qing machine-struck copper cash program, and the 1905 issues are notable for the proliferation of die varieties — Y#162.10 through 162.12 represent only the catalogued distinctions, with numerous minor variants documented by specialists beyond what Krause captures. The provincial mint at Qingjiang was operating under significant pressure during this period, as Beijing had been pushing standardization across all provincial copper issues since 1902 with limited success.

Kiangsu's resistance to full centralization meant local dies continued to diverge from imperial specifications well into 1905.

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