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| Issuer | Kirin Province |
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| Year | 1898-1907 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized vase motif, the size of which varies by emission. The vase is flanked and surrounded by multiple columns of Chinese characters arranged to be read top to bottom and right to left, forming the principal legend. Inscriptions identify the issuing province, the reign era and regnal year, the denomination in candareens, and the standard weight reference. The overall design is contained within a beaded or plain border. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a sinuous Chinese imperial dragon facing forward with a flaming pearl at centre. An English legend arcs above and below the dragon. To the left and right of the dragon appear Manchu script characters. The design is framed within a beaded border, following the standard format of late Qing provincial coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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