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10 Cash - Guangxu Pattern, Manchu at centre, three characters
| Issuer | Hunan Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1897-1949) |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed coiled imperial dragon occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with its head facing forward and a flaming pearl visible at centre. The dragon is surrounded by stylised clouds and flames, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Two small six-pointed stars flank the dragon at the sides. The outer legend, separated from the inner circle by a dotted border, reads 'HU-NAN' at the top and 'TEN CASH' at the bottom in raised Latin capital letters. The coin has a reeded outer rim characteristic of milled coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hunan was among the last major provinces to establish a modern mint, opening its facility in Changsha only in 1897 — years behind Guangdong and the other early adopters. This piece is a pattern, meaning it never entered circulation; it represents one of several competing design proposals submitted as the province worked to standardize its coinage alongside imperial directives from Beijing. The placement of Manchu script at centre was not a neutral aesthetic choice — it signaled bureaucratic deference to Qing imperial authority at a moment when provincial minting autonomy was already a politically charged subject.