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10 Cash - Guangxu 'KIANG-SI'
| Issuer | Kiangsi Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | A sinuous Imperial Chinese dragon rendered in high relief occupies the central field, its scaled body coiling dynamically around a flaming pearl at centre. The dragon faces left with claws extended and clouds depicted in the surrounding field. The English legend encircles the design along the outer border, with the province name arching across the top and the denomination along the bottom. The reverse is bordered by a fine denticulated rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kiangsi's Board of Revenue mint began striking machine-made copper cash in 1902 as part of the Qing central government's push to modernize provincial coinage and undercut the flood of privately cast counterfeits that had destabilized small-denomination commerce across central China. The province was a relatively late adopter compared to Hupeh and Kwangtung, whose machine-struck issues had been circulating since the mid-1890s.
Y#154 is distinguished by the 'KIANG-SI' romanization on the English legend — spelling variants across provincial issues were never standardized, and collectors working this series track them closely. The Kiangsi mint was subsequently absorbed into consolidated national minting operations within a few years of this issue.