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10 Cash - Guangxu Mule
| Issuer | Kiangnan Province |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Value | 10 Cash (0.01) |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a coiled Chinese dragon in right-facing profile, with a flaming pearl positioned at centre and a stylised mountain motif below. Manchu script mint marks appear at the left and right sides of the central dragon device, identifying the Boo-ning (Nanking) Mint. The outer legend carries the English inscription 'KIANG-NAN' arched above and 'TEN CASH' arched below, in Latin characters. The overall design is consistent with the standard late Qing provincial machine-struck copper cash format. |
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| Reverse lettering | KIANG-NAN ᠪᠣᠣ ᠨᡳᠩ TEN CASH (Translation: Boo-ning (Mint)) |
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A mule combining obverse and reverse dies from different coin types — in this case almost certainly a pairing that occurred at the Kiangnan Arsenal mint during the chaotic final years of Qing provincial coinage, when die management across multiple denominations was notoriously inconsistent. Kiangnan was one of the most prolific provincial mints of the era, operating under pressure to meet demand while central oversight was disintegrating.
Mules from this mint and period are poorly documented in contemporary records, which makes attribution dependent almost entirely on die study.