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10 Cash - Guangxu Uncircled dragon
| Issuer | Honan Province Mint |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1905-1949) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese / Manchu |
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| Mint | Honan Mint (Boo-he) |
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Honan's mint output during the Guangxu period was notoriously inconsistent — the province operated with considerable autonomy from Beijing's Board of Revenue, and its cash coinages reflect that independence in both alloy control and die cutting quality. The Y#108a series encompasses at least four documented die varieties, distinguishing differences in the dragon's positioning relative to the pearl and in the spacing of the Manchu characters on the reverse.
The "uncircled dragon" designation separates this type from the more common beaded-border variants produced at Honan in the same period. Output at provincial mints fluctuated sharply after 1905 as the Qing government attempted — largely unsuccessfully — to centralize copper cash production under imperial supervision.