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10 Cash - Xuantong Without minting authority, redesigned dragon, Kirin type
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a redesigned imperial dragon in the Kirin style, depicted in profile with a flaming pearl at centre. A circular legend in Chinese ideograms appears above the dragon, recording the reign title, while an English transliteration legend encircles the lower portion of the design. The milled border frames the entire composition, consistent with late Qing machine-struck coinage standards. |
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| Reverse lettering | 造年統宣 TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN. (Translation: Made in the reign of Xuantong (Emperor) / Copper coin of the Great Qing Empire) |
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The Kirin-type 10 Cash belongs to a short-lived attempt to standardize Chinese imperial copper coinage in the final years of the Qing dynasty. The Board of Revenue in Beijing pushed for unified national designs to replace the chaotic proliferation of provincial issues, each minted to different standards and carrying local authority marks. This piece reflects that reform impulse — the deliberate omission of a minting authority was itself the point, signaling central rather than provincial control.
Xuantong's reign lasted barely three years before the 1911 revolution ended imperial rule entirely.