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10 Cash - Xuantong
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the denomination characters 十文 (Ten Cash/Wen) in bold regular script (kaishu), enclosed within a beaded inner circle and flanked by a symmetrical open wreath of grain stalks tied at the base with a ribbon. Flanking the wreath are two rosette ornaments at the sides. The outer legend, read right to left in traditional Chinese, carries the reign-date and monetary equivalence inscription: 宣統三年 (Year 3 of Xuantong) at the top and 換銀幣一圓百枚 (100 coins exchangeable for one silver Yuan) at the bottom, all rendered in raised relief against a smooth field. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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Xuantong's reign lasted just three years before the Xinhai Revolution ended two millennia of imperial rule in China. This 1911 issue was struck in the final months of the dynasty — the revolution broke out in October of that year, and by February 1912 the child emperor Puyi had abdicated. Coins dated to this final year were produced across multiple provincial mints operating with little central coordination, which accounts for the die variation collectors encounter across ostensibly identical pieces.