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10 Cash - Guangxu Fung-tien
| Issuer | Fengtien Province |
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| Year | 1903-1906 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform reading pattern, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The arrangement is framed within a double ring, with additional Chinese ideograms forming a circular legend around the periphery denoting the reign title Guangxu, the denomination, and the issuing province. The overall composition is characteristic of late Qing dynasty provincial coinage, with the cyclical date characters integrated into the legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省天奉 卯癸 光 寶 ᡶᡠᠩ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 緒 文十錢制當 (Translation: Made in Fengtien Province Year 40 Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Boo-feng (Fengtien Mint) 10 Cash currency) |
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Fengtien (modern Liaoning) operated its mint under considerable pressure during this period — the province sat at the center of competing Russian and Japanese imperial ambitions in Manchuria, with the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05 fought largely on its soil. Provincial cash production continued through the conflict, making issues from these years unusual survivors of an active war zone. The Fung-tien mint was subsequently reorganized following Japan's consolidation of influence in the region after Portsmouth.