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10 Cash - Guangxu 'TSING-KIANG', without flower
| Issuer | Chingkiang, City of |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Weight | 7.18 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Mongolian / Manchu |
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| Reverse description | A coiled imperial dragon is depicted in high relief at the centre of the field, its body sinuously curved and facing left, with a flaming pearl visible at the centre. The dragon is rendered in the standard late Qing machine-struck style with detailed scales and whiskers. A beaded inner border separates the central device from the peripheral Latin legend. The inscription 'TSING-KIANG' arcs across the upper portion of the coin, and 'TEN CASH' appears along the lower portion, all within a reeded outer border. |
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Chingkiang (Zhenjiang) was one of the original treaty ports opened under the 1858 Treaty of Tientsin, and its brief experiment with local copper coinage reflects the chaotic decentralization of Chinese minting authority during the late Qing. The variety without the decorative flower element distinguishes this from the more commonly encountered Y#78.3, a die difference that likely originated from a punch substitution mid-production rather than any deliberate policy change.