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10 Cash - Guangxu Flower at centre, with year
| Issuer | Kiangsu Province |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a decorative rosette flower motif flanked on either side by Manchu script characters. Four large Chinese ideograms are arranged vertically and read top to bottom, right to left, surrounding the central flower. A circular border of Chinese ideograms frames the inner design, with additional reign-title and denomination inscriptions distributed around the periphery. The overall composition is arranged in a formal, symmetrical layout characteristic of late Qing provincial coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Manchu |
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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.