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10 Cash - Guangxu 'KIANG-SI', without mountain
| Issuer | Kiangsi Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by four large Chinese characters arranged vertically and read top to bottom, right to left, flanked on either side by Manchu script characters. A decorative floral motif occupies the centre between the principal characters. The entire composition is encircled by a ring of additional Chinese ideograms forming the denominational and reign-title legend, all contained within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kiangsi's early copper cash issues are complicated by a series of obverse die variations that emerged almost immediately after the province established its modern mint. The "without mountain" distinction refers to the absence of a character element in the provincial name rendering — a detail so minor it likely passed unnoticed by most users but has since become the primary sorting criterion for collectors. Whether this reflects a deliberate revision or simply an engraver's inconsistency across die sets is unresolved.
Kiangsi was among the provinces that adopted steam-powered coinage under the Guangxu-era modernization push, though output quality and consistency varied considerably from the Jiangnan and Hubei operations.