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10 Cash - Guangxu Two characters, brass

Issuer Chekiang Province Mint
Year 1903-1906
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Reference(s) Y#49.1a
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Reverse description Central design features a finely detailed coiled dragon rendered in high relief, depicted in profile facing forward with scales, claws, and flowing whiskers clearly delineated. The dragon encircles a prominent flaming pearl at the center of the field, set against a background of stylized cloud and wave motifs. The overall composition fills the inner field within a beaded border, conveying the imperial symbolism characteristic of late Qing dynasty machine-struck coinage. The fine milled denticles of the rim frame the reverse design.
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Mint Chekiang Mint
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Chekiang's brass 10 cash issues from this period are something of a footnote in the broader machine-struck cash story — the province was a late adopter of steam-powered coinage, and its output was inconsistent enough that distinguishing genuine provincial strikes from contemporary imitations remains a practical problem for collectors today. The "two characters" designation in Y#49.1a refers to a specific configuration of Manchu characters on the reverse, used to differentiate die varieties within an otherwise chaotic production run.

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