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10 Cash - Guangxu Flower at centre, without year
| Issuer | Kiangsu Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Mongolian / Manchu |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kiangsu's copper cash issues from this period emerged from a provincial minting scramble triggered by the Qing court's 1900 authorization allowing provinces to strike machine-made copper coins independently. The resulting proliferation was immediate and chaotic — Kiangsu alone produced numerous die varieties within the first few years, which accounts for the four distinct Y# references collapsed under this single type.
The floral centerpiece replacing a year inscription was a deliberate choice by the Kiangsu mint, distinguishing its issues from contemporaneous provincial output. Die marriages across Y#162.4 through .7 differ primarily in the rendering of that central device and in rosette punches at the periphery.