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10 Cash - Guangxu With minting authority, redesigned dragon, Hupeh type, type 1
| Issuer | Hupeh Provincial Mint |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin |
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| Mintage | 43 (1906) 鄂 - 午丙: Y#10j.1: Hupeh Mint (28-29 mm) - 43 (1906) 鄂 - 午丙: Y#10j.2: Hupeh Mint (30 mm) - |
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The 1906 Hupeh issues came directly out of the Board of Revenue's push to standardize provincial copper coinage across the empire, a reform effort that had been lurching forward since 1902. Hupeh was among the more compliant provincial mints, but standardization in practice meant successive redesigns — hence the numbered type distinctions that collectors now navigate. The "minting authority" inscription was Beijing's attempt to assert central control over coins that were, in reality, still being struck, distributed, and largely governed by provincial treasuries.